#FFA438#FFA438

#FFA438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.158 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFA438
RGB	rgb(255, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 78%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, 25.48, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 70.86, 68.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% 0.065 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.158 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.2338, 48.1019, 10.1163)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFA438 #3893FF

analogous

#FF4038 #FFA438 #F6FF38

triadic

#FFA438 #38FFA4 #A438FF

tetradic

#FFA438 #38FF40 #3893FF #FF38F6

square

#FFA438 #38FF40 #3893FF #FF38F6

split-complementary

#FFA438 #38F6FF #4038FF

monochromatic

#BD6600 #FA8800 #FFA438 #FFC075 #FFDCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#FFA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#FFA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFA438

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFA438	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffa438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.158 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbf76',
    500: '#ffa438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffa438;
$custom-light: #ffbf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffa438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.563,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7929,
    "c": 0.15761,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFA438

secondary

#A4C6EF

accent

#69E600

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#1A1209

muted

#87817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFA438

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

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