#FF9F4F#FF9F4F
#FF9F4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.148 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FF9F4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 159, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 100%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 69%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 69%, 0%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.95, 29.08, 55.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.95, 62.54, 62.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.62% 0.0788 0.1253) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.62% 0.148 57.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.0537, 46.6262, 13.4960) |
| Luminance | 0.4662 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.40
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.06
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 3.55
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.60
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.89
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FF9F4F #4FAFFF
analogous
#FF4F57 #FF9F4F #FFF74F
triadic
#FF9F4F #4FFF9F #9F4FFF
tetradic
#FF9F4F #57FF4F #4FAFFF #F74FFF
square
#FF9F4F #57FF4F #4FAFFF #F74FFF
split-complementary
#FF9F4F #4FFFF7 #4F57FF
monochromatic
#D46000 #FF7E12 #FF9F4F #FFC08C #FFE2C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.03
#FF9F4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.32
#FF9F4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FF9F4F
10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FF9F4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FF9F4F | 1.00 | 2.03 | 10.32 | 10.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA946
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BE4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8A8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ff9f4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 159, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.148 57.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbc84',
500: '#ff9f4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ff9f4f; $custom-light: #ffbc84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ff9f4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 255,
"g": 159,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.273,
"s": 100,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78619,
"c": 0.14802,
"h": 57.8
},
"luminance": 0.46621
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FF9F4F
secondary
#B7D8F2
accent
#7DE600
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#19120B
muted
#87817C