CSS named color

Orange #FFA500

Orange is vivid orange. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Orange used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
1.97:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕
Aa The quick brown fox
10.63:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Orange — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Orange by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#FFA500 ≈ Dark Orange #0059FF ≈ Royal Blue

Analogous

#FF2600 ≈ Orange Red #FFA500 ≈ Dark Orange #D9FF00 ≈ Yellow

Triadic

#FFA500 ≈ Dark Orange #00FFA6 ≈ Medium Spring Green #A600FF ≈ Dark Violet

Split-complementary

#FFA500 ≈ Dark Orange #00D9FF ≈ Deep Sky Blue #2600FF ≈ Blue

Tetradic

#FFA500 ≈ Dark Orange #00FF26 ≈ Lime #0059FF ≈ Royal Blue #FF00D9 ≈ Fuchsia

Use Orange in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#ffa500], border-[#ffa500].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Orange into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

Similar named colors

Dark Orange #FF8C00 Goldenrod #DAA520 Gold #FFD700 Dark Goldenrod #B8860B Coral #FF7F50 Sandy Brown #F4A460

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