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#ff9500

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

RGB
255, 149, 0
HSL
35°, 100%, 50%
CMYK
0, 42, 100, 0
Luminance
0.4275

Every format

HEX#ff9500
RGBrgb(255, 149, 0)
HSLhsl(35, 100%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42%, 100%, 0%)
LABlab(71.4 32.2 76.7)
LCHlch(71.4 83.2 67.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.765 0.175 62.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ff9500;
background-color: #ff9500;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ff9500] bg-[#ff9500]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ff9500;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.584, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ff9500")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ff9500 on white: 2.20:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ff9500 on black: 9.55:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green58.4%
Blue0.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta41.6%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#ff9500 text on a black background

contrast 9.55:1

Card sample

#ff9500 text on a white background

contrast 2.20:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ff9500;
Background color
Panel with #ff9500 background
background-color: #ff9500;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ff9500;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 149, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 149, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ff9500;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff9500, #BFFF00);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ff9500

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ff9500 in the Color Lab