#FFA040#FFA040

#FFA040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.155 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFA040
RGB	rgb(255, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, 27.87, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 68.08, 65.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0731 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.155 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7407, 46.7773, 10.9955)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFA040 #409FFF

analogous

#FF4040 #FFA040 #FFFF40

triadic

#FFA040 #40FFA0 #A040FF

tetradic

#FFA040 #40FF40 #409FFF #FF40FF

square

#FFA040 #40FF40 #409FFF #FF40FF

split-complementary

#FFA040 #40FFFF #4040FF

monochromatic

#C56300 #FF8203 #FFA040 #FFBE7D #FFDDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#FFA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#FFA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFA040

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFA040	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)

#BDA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffa040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.155 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbc7a',
    500: '#ffa040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffa040;
$custom-light: #ffbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffa040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.157,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78654,
    "c": 0.15507,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFA040

secondary

#ABCDF0

accent

#72E600

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#1A120A

muted

#87817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFA040

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

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