#FFA500 Color (Hex and RGB)
#FFA500
#ffa500 has RGB values (255, 165, 0). The color reads primarily as red in sRGB space.
Color values
| Format | Value | Channels | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEX | #FFA500 | RFFGA5B00 | |
| RGB | rgb(255 165 0) | R255G165B0 | |
| HSL | hsl(39 100% 50%) | H39°S100%L50% | |
| OKLCH | oklch(79% 0.17 71) | L0.79C0.17H71° | |
| HSV | hsv(39, 100%, 100%) | H39°S100%V100% | |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 35%, 100%, 0%) | C0%M35%Y100%K0% |
RGB mix
Base numbers
| Base | R | G | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binary | 11111111 | 10100101 | 00000000 |
| Octal | 377 | 245 | 0 |
| Decimal | 255 | 165 | 0 |
| Hex | ff | a5 | 00 |
Shades & tints
Shades mix #FFA500 with black; tints mix it with white. Click any swatch to explore it.
Shades
- #FFA5000%
- #E997009%
- #D4890017%
- #BE7B0026%
- #A86D0034%
- #935F0043%
- #7D510051%
- #67430059%
- #52350068%
- #3C270077%
- #26190085%
Tints
Color harmonies
Similar brand colors
The closest colors from our brand palettes, measured in OKLab.
Contrast & accessibility
WCAG 2.1 contrast against white and black. Test other pairs in the contrast checker.
Aa
#FFA500 on #FFFFFF
1.97:1
AA ✕AAA ✕AA Large ✕AAA Large ✕
Aa
#FFA500 on #000000
10.63:1
AA ✓AAA ✓AA Large ✓AAA Large ✓
Aa
#FFFFFF on #FFA500
1.97:1
AA ✕AAA ✕AA Large ✕AAA Large ✕
Aa
#000000 on #FFA500
10.63:1
AA ✓AAA ✓AA Large ✓AAA Large ✓
Code snippets
- CSS
color: #ffa500; - Background
background-color: #ffa500; - CSS variable
--color-ffa500: #ffa500; - Modern CSS
color: oklch(79% 0.17 71); - SCSS
$color-ffa500: #ffa500; - Tailwind
bg-[#ffa500] text-[#ffa500] - HTML
<div style="background-color: #ffa500"></div>