#FFB440#FFB440

#FFB440 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.152 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFB440
RGB	rgb(255, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, 17.43, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 68.85, 75.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% 0.0424 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.152 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.4909, 54.2777, 12.2456)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFB440 #408BFF

analogous

#FF5540 #FFB440 #EAFF40

triadic

#FFB440 #40FFB4 #B440FF

tetradic

#FFB440 #40FF55 #408BFF #FF40EA

square

#FFB440 #40FF55 #408BFF #FF40EA

split-complementary

#FFB440 #40EAFF #5540FF

monochromatic

#C57700 #FF9C03 #FFB440 #FFCC7D #FFE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#FFB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#FFB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFB440

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFB440	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.152 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffca7c',
    500: '#ffb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffb440;
$custom-light: #ffca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.44,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82211,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFB440

secondary

#2261C1

accent

#5AE600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130A

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFB440

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

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