#FF9F56#FF9F56

#FF9F56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.144 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9F56
RGB	rgb(255, 159, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, 29.46, 52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 59.87, 60.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.081 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.144 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3221, 46.7336, 14.9093)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9F56 #56B6FF

analogous

#FF5662 #FF9F56 #FFF356

triadic

#FF9F56 #56FF9F #9F56FF

tetradic

#FF9F56 #62FF56 #56B6FF #F356FF

square

#FF9F56 #62FF56 #56B6FF #F356FF

split-complementary

#FF9F56 #56FFF3 #5662FF

monochromatic

#DB5E00 #FF7C19 #FF9F56 #FFC293 #FFE5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#FF9F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#FF9F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9F56

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9F56	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 159, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.144 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbc88',
    500: '#ff9f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9f56;
$custom-light: #ffbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.917,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78694,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9F56

secondary

#BDDCF3

accent

#82E600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120B

muted

#87817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9F56

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

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