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#ffa40c

a balanced, electric orange · warm · “orange”

RGB
255, 164, 12
HSL
38°, 100%, 52%
CMYK
0, 36, 95, 0
Luminance
0.4784

Every format

HEX#ffa40c
RGBrgb(255, 164, 12)
HSLhsl(38, 100%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36%, 95%, 0%)
LABlab(74.7 24.6 77.4)
LCHlch(74.7 81.2 72.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.791 0.170 69.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ffa40c;
background-color: #ffa40c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffa40c] bg-[#ffa40c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffa40c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.643, blue: 0.047)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffa40c")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ffa40c on white: 1.99:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ffa40c on black: 10.57:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green64.3%
Blue4.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta35.7%
Yellow95.3%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#ffa40c text on a black background

contrast 10.57:1

Card sample

#ffa40c text on a white background

contrast 1.99:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ffa40c;
Background color
Panel with #ffa40c background
background-color: #ffa40c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffa40c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 164, 12, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 164, 12, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffa40c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffa40c, #B8FF0C);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ffa40c

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ffa40c in the Color Lab