#FF9972#FF9972

#FF9972 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.134 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9972
RGB	rgb(255, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(17, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(17, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 34.45, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 50.33, 46.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.1002 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.134 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6723, 45.2627, 21.7209)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9972 #72D8FF

analogous

#FF7291 #FF9972 #FFE072

triadic

#FF9972 #72FF99 #9972FF

tetradic

#FF9972 #91FF72 #72D8FF #E072FF

square

#FF9972 #91FF72 #72D8FF #E072FF

split-complementary

#FF9972 #72FFE0 #7291FF

monochromatic

#F74400 #FF6D35 #FF9972 #FFC5AF #FFE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#FF9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#FF9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9972

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9972	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.134 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb89b',
    500: '#ff9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9972;
$custom-light: #ffb89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.596,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78072,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9972

secondary

#D4EDF7

accent

#A6E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9972

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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