#FF9F40#FF9F40

#FF9F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.155 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9F40
RGB	rgb(255, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, 28.39, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 68.10, 65.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0746 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.155 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.5680, 46.4319, 10.9380)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9F40 #40A0FF

analogous

#FF4040 #FF9F40 #FFFF40

triadic

#FF9F40 #40FF9F #9F40FF

tetradic

#FF9F40 #40FF40 #40A0FF #FF40FF

square

#FF9F40 #40FF40 #40A0FF #FF40FF

split-complementary

#FF9F40 #40FFFF #4040FF

monochromatic

#C56200 #FF8003 #FF9F40 #FFBE7D #FFDDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#FF9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#FF9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9F40

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9F40	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.155 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbb7a',
    500: '#ff9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9f40;
$custom-light: #ffbb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.843,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78482,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9F40

secondary

#ABCEF0

accent

#73E600

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#1A120A

muted

#87817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9F40

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

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