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#fa8c21

a balanced, electric orange · warm · closest name: orange

RGB
250, 140, 33
HSL
30°, 96%, 56%
CMYK
0, 44, 87, 2
Luminance
0.3919

Every format

HEX#fa8c21
RGBrgb(250, 140, 33)
HSLhsl(30, 96%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 44%, 87%, 2%)
LABlab(68.9 35.2 68.5)
LCHlch(68.9 77.0 62.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.745 0.170 57.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #fa8c21;
background-color: #fa8c21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fa8c21] bg-[#fa8c21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fa8c21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.980, green: 0.549, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#fa8c21")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fa8c21 on white: 2.38:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fa8c21 on black: 8.84:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red98.0%
Green54.9%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta44.0%
Yellow86.8%
Key (black)2.0%

Color previews

#fa8c21 text on a black background

contrast 8.84:1

Card sample

#fa8c21 text on a white background

contrast 2.38:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fa8c21;
Background color
Panel with #fa8c21 background
background-color: #fa8c21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fa8c21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(250, 140, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(250, 140, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fa8c21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa8c21, #D7FA21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fa8c21

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #fa8c21 in the Color Lab