#FFA978#FFA978

#FFA978 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.120 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFA978
RGB	rgb(255, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(22, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(22, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 52.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 26.62, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 46.50, 55.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% 0.0772 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.12 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.8216, 50.9969, 24.5111)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFA978 #78CEFF

analogous

#FF788A #FFA978 #FFED78

triadic

#FFA978 #78FFA9 #A978FF

tetradic

#FFA978 #8AFF78 #78CEFF #ED78FF

square

#FFA978 #8AFF78 #78CEFF #ED78FF

split-complementary

#FFA978 #78FFED #788AFF

monochromatic

#FD5C00 #FF823B #FFA978 #FFD0B5 #FFECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#FFA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#FFA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFA978

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFA978	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffa978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.120 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc39f',
    500: '#ffa978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffa978;
$custom-light: #ffc39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffa978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.778,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80887,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFA978

secondary

#3EA3DD

accent

#92E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#19120E

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFA978

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

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