#FF9E5E#FF9E5E
#FF9E5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.141 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FF9E5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 158, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 100%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 63%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 38%, 63.1%, 0%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.89, 30.45, 48.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.89, 56.88, 57.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.62% 0.0852 0.1118) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.62% 0.141 52.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.4914, 46.5272, 16.6457) |
| Luminance | 0.4652 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 2.18
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.83
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.14
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 4.18
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.93
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FF9E5E #5EBFFF
analogous
#FF5E6E #FF9E5E #FFEE5E
triadic
#FF9E5E #5EFF9E #9E5EFF
tetradic
#FF9E5E #6EFF5E #5EBFFF #EE5EFF
square
#FF9E5E #6EFF5E #5EBFFF #EE5EFF
split-complementary
#FF9E5E #5EFFEE #5E6EFF
monochromatic
#E35A00 #FF7921 #FF9E5E #FFC39B #FFE8D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.04
#FF9E5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.30
#FF9E5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FF9E5E
10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FF9E5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FF9E5E | 1.00 | 2.04 | 10.30 | 10.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.04 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA958
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BE5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8B8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ff9e5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 158, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.141 52.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbb8d',
500: '#ff9e5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ff9e5e; $custom-light: #ffbb8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ff9e5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 255,
"g": 158,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.851,
"s": 100,
"l": 68.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7862,
"c": 0.14051,
"h": 52.7
},
"luminance": 0.46522
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FF9E5E
secondary
#C4E1F5
accent
#8AE600
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#19120C
muted
#87817D