#FFA856#FFA856
#FFA856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.141 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FFA856 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 168, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 100%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 66%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 66.3%, 0%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.03, 24.77, 54.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.03, 59.75, 65.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.25% 0.067 0.1243) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.25% 0.141 61.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.9265, 49.9423, 15.4441) |
| Luminance | 0.4994 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 0.41
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.87
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.12
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 3.36
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.69
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FFA856 #56ADFF
analogous
#FF5659 #FFA856 #FFFC56
triadic
#FFA856 #56FFA8 #A856FF
tetradic
#FFA856 #59FF56 #56ADFF #FC56FF
square
#FFA856 #59FF56 #56ADFF #FC56FF
split-complementary
#FFA856 #56FFFC #5659FF
monochromatic
#DB6A00 #FF8819 #FFA856 #FFC893 #FFE7D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#FFA856 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.99
#FFA856 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FFA856
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FFA856 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FFA856 | 1.00 | 1.91 | 10.99 | 10.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3B04D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C357
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9596
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ffa856; /* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 168, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.141 61.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffc289',
500: '#ffa856',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ffa856; $custom-light: #ffc289; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ffa856",
"rgb": {
"r": 255,
"g": 168,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.112,
"s": 100,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80254,
"c": 0.14121,
"h": 61.7
},
"luminance": 0.49937
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FFA856
secondary
#BDD9F3
accent
#76E600
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#19120C
muted
#87817D