Orange

orange is a CSS color keyword. The closest Tailwind step is amber-500 (#f59e0b).

#ffa500rgb(255, 165, 0)
Hex
#ffa500
RGB
255, 165, 0
HSL
39°, 100%, 50%
OKLCH
79.3% 0.171 70.7
LAB
74.9 23.9 78.9

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Text contrast

Black or white text on #ffa500. AA needs 4.5:1 and AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc is a separate readability score.

Black text10.6:1 AAAAPCA Lc 68
White text2.0:1 FailAPCA Lc -40

Color vision

How #ffa500 looks in simulations of color blindness, at full severity.

Full color
#ffa500
Protanopia
#c3ac00
Deuteranopia
#d9c10e
Tritanopia
#ff8e8d

Tonal scale

An OKLCH ramp that keeps this hue. The marked step is the closest lightness to orange.

Copy into CSS

color: orange;
background: #ffa500;
@theme {
  --color-orange-50: #fff3e6;
  --color-orange-100: #ffe3c3;
  --color-orange-200: #ffc57e;
  --color-orange-300: #f59f00;
  --color-orange-400: #d08600;
  --color-orange-500: #a86b00;
  --color-orange-600: #855400;
  --color-orange-700: #684000;
  --color-orange-800: #4c2e00;
  --color-orange-900: #321c00;
  --color-orange-950: #170a00;
}