#FF9E4E#FF9E4E

#FF9E4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.149 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9E4E
RGB	rgb(255, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(27, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 69.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 29.54, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 62.95, 62.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.08 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.149 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8464, 46.2692, 13.2487)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9E4E #4EAFFF

analogous

#FF4E56 #FF9E4E #FFF74E

triadic

#FF9E4E #4EFF9E #9E4EFF

tetradic

#FF9E4E #56FF4E #4EAFFF #F74EFF

square

#FF9E4E #56FF4E #4EAFFF #F74EFF

split-complementary

#FF9E4E #4EFFF7 #4E56FF

monochromatic

#D35F00 #FF7C11 #FF9E4E #FFC08B #FFE1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#FF9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#FF9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9E4E

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9E4E	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.149 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbb83',
    500: '#ff9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9e4e;
$custom-light: #ffbb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.119,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78438,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9E4E

secondary

#B7D7F2

accent

#7EE600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#19120B

muted

#87817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9E4E

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

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