Orange#FFA500
#FFA500 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.171 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FFA500 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 165, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(39, 100%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(39, 100%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 100%, 0%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.94, 23.93, 78.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.94, 82.50, 73.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.27% 0.0566 0.1614) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.27% 0.171 70.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.6999, 48.1758, 6.4181) |
| Luminance | 0.4817 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Orange
#FFA500
ΔE00 0.00
Yellowish Orange
#FFAB0F
ΔE00 1.89
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 2.25
Orange Yellow
#FFAD01
ΔE00 2.84
Yellow Orange
#FCB001
ΔE00 4.42
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FFA500 #005AFF
analogous
#FF2600 #FFA500 #D9FF00
triadic
#FFA500 #00FFA5 #A500FF
tetradic
#FFA500 #00FF26 #005AFF #FF00D9
square
#FFA500 #00FF26 #005AFF #FF00D9
split-complementary
#FFA500 #00D9FF #2600FF
monochromatic
#855600 #C27D00 #FFA500 #FFBB3D #FFD07A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.97
#FFA500 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.63
#FFA500 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FFA500
10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FFA500 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FFA500 | 1.00 | 1.97 | 10.63 | 10.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.97 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3AC00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C10E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Related colors
#E3930A#C78210#AC7013#926014#795014#604013#493112#32230F#1E1508#000000#FFAE31#FFB64C#FFBF64#FFC87B#FFD191#FFDAA7#FFE3BC#FFECD2#FFF6E9#FFFFFF#FAA729#F5A93F#F0AB50#EAAD61Honey
#EB9605
Amber
#FFBF00
Tangerine
#F28500
Mustard
#DBB42C
Caramel
#C68E4E
Apricot
#FBCEB1
Bronze
#CD7F32
Copper
#B87333
Palettes with this color
#8B6F4E
#A78A5B
#6B4F3A
#C9A87C
#4E3B2A
Earth Tone Palette
#8B2500
#C75B12
#E39B2D
#7A4B1B
#4E2E0F
Autumn Color Palette
#FAF9F6
#FDFDFB
#7B7B79
#F7F7F9
#D8D8D5
Off White Color Palette
#FFFDD0
#FFFFEA
#7E7D60
#DBDCF4
#DDDBB4
Cream Color Palette
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ffa500; /* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 165, 0); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.171 70.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbf64',
500: '#ffa500',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ffa500; $custom-light: #ffbf64; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ffa500",
"rgb": {
"r": 255,
"g": 165,
"b": 0
},
"hsl": {
"h": 38.824,
"s": 100,
"l": 50
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79269,
"c": 0.17102,
"h": 70.7
},
"luminance": 0.4817
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FFA500
secondary
#749DE7
accent
#74FF29
background
#FFFBF6
surface
#FFF7EB
border
#D7D0C6
text
#1A1207
muted
#87817A