#ffac56

Color #ffac56

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Sandy Brown #f4a460 · ΔE 9.11 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ffac56

RGB

rgb(255, 172, 86)

HSL

hsl(30.5, 100%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30.5, 66.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 66.3%, 0%)

LAB

lab(76.95, 22.68, 55.39)

LCH

lch(76.95, 59.85, 67.73)

OKLCH

oklch(81%, 0.1403, 64.37)

HWB

hwb(30.5, 33.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56a9ff

Analogous

#ff5856

#ffac56

#feff56

Triadic

#ffac56

#56ffac

#ac56ff

Split-complementary

#ffac56

#56feff

#5856ff

Tetradic

#ffac56

#a9ff56

#56a9ff

#ac56ff

Square

#ffac56

#56ff58

#56a9ff

#ff56fe

Shades

Color #ffac56 mixed toward black.

#ff901d

#e37400

#ab5700

#723a00

#391d00

Tints

Color #ffac56 mixed toward white.

#ffba72

#ffc88e

#ffd6ab

#ffe3c7

#fff1e3

Tones

Color #ffac56 mixed toward gray.

#f1ac64

#e3ac72

#d5ab80

#c7ab8e

#b9ab9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e0df73 · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#e5ea78 · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#fc8488 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 25.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffac56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffac56]

Related colors

Linen #faf0e6

Peru #cd853f

Bisque #ffe4c4

Peach Puff #ffdab9

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Sandy Brown #f4a460

Frequently asked questions

#ffac56 (#ffac56) is rgb(255, 172, 86) in RGB.

No, #ffac56 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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