#FFA138#FFA138

#FFA138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.158 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFA138
RGB	rgb(255, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(32, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.9%, 78%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, 27.04, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 70.86, 67.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0696 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.158 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7032, 47.0407, 9.9395)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFA138 #3896FF

analogous

#FF3D38 #FFA138 #FAFF38

triadic

#FFA138 #38FFA1 #A138FF

tetradic

#FFA138 #38FF3D #3896FF #FF38FA

square

#FFA138 #38FF3D #3896FF #FF38FA

split-complementary

#FFA138 #38FAFF #3D38FF

monochromatic

#BD6400 #FA8400 #FFA138 #FFBE75 #FFDBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#FFA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#FFA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFA138

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFA138	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffa138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.158 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbd76',
    500: '#ffa138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffa138;
$custom-light: #ffbd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffa138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.658,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78768,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFA138

secondary

#A4C7EF

accent

#6CE600

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#1A1209

muted

#87817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFA138

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

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