#FFA042#FFA042

#FFA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.154 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFA042
RGB	rgb(255, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 27.95, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 67.36, 65.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% 0.0736 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.154 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7986, 46.8004, 11.3007)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFA042 #42A1FF

analogous

#FF4242 #FFA042 #FFFE42

triadic

#FFA042 #42FFA0 #A042FF

tetradic

#FFA042 #42FF42 #42A1FF #FE42FF

square

#FFA042 #42FF42 #42A1FF #FE42FF

split-complementary

#FFA042 #42FFFE #4242FF

monochromatic

#C76300 #FF8105 #FFA042 #FFBF7F #FFDEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#FFA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#FFA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFA042

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFA042	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.154 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbc7c',
    500: '#ffa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffa042;
$custom-light: #ffbc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.841,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7867,
    "c": 0.15414,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFA042

secondary

#ACCFF0

accent

#73E600

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#1A120A

muted

#87817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFA042

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

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