#ffa500
a balanced, electric orange · warm · “orange”
RGB
255, 165, 0
HSL
39°, 100%, 50%
CMYK
0, 35, 100, 0
Luminance
0.4817
Every format
| HEX | #ffa500 |
| RGB | rgb(255, 165, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(39, 100%, 50%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 35%, 100%, 0%) |
| LAB | lab(74.9 23.9 79.0) |
| LCH | lch(74.9 82.5 73.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.793 0.171 70.7) |
Copy-ready code
/* CSS */
color: #ffa500;
background-color: #ffa500;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffa500] bg-[#ffa500]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffa500;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.647, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffa500")Accessibility — WCAG contrast
Aa
#ffa500 on white: 1.97:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✗ · AAA ✗
Aa
#ffa500 on black: 10.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✓
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
RGB percentages
Red100.0%
Green64.7%
Blue0.0%
CMYK percentages
Cyan0.0%
Magenta35.3%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)0.0%
Color previews
#ffa500 text on a black background
contrast 10.63:1
Card sample
#ffa500 text on a white background
contrast 1.97:1
Card sample
CSS3 live lab
Text font color
The quick brown fox
color: #ffa500;
Background color
Panel with #ffa500 background
background-color: #ffa500;
Text shadow — hex
Glowing headline
text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffa500;
Text shadow — RGB
Soft neon halo
text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 165, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 165, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffa500; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffa500, #AFFF00);