What color is #FF7F00?

#FF7F00 is a vivid orange known as Orange Juice. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Orange Juice?

The RGB value is 255, 127, 0: 255 red, 127 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Orange Juice?

The complementary color is #0080FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FF7F00?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 and white text 2.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Orange Juice color: hex code #FF7F00

#FF7F00 rgb(255, 127, 0)

Shades of orange

Orange Juice has the hex code #FF7F00. It is a vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 49.8% green and 0% blue (255, 127, 0).

Its hue angle is 30°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 50% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.29:1).

Orange Juice (#FF7F00) color codes

HEX	`#FF7F00`
RGB	`rgb(255, 127, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 49.8%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(30, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(30, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 50%, 100%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(66.86, 43.32, 73.9)`
CIE LCH	`lch(66.86, 85.66, 59.62)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(48.835, 36.445, 4.463)`
Decimal	`16744192`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Orange Juice, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FF7F00	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.29:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.53:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FF7F00 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.53:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.29:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FF7F00 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ff7f00; }
.text { color: #ff7f00; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff7f00; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 127 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ff7f00, #fffe00); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FF7F00 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FF7F00?: #FF7F00 is a vivid orange known as Orange Juice. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Orange Juice?: The RGB value is 255, 127, 0: 255 red, 127 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Orange Juice?: The complementary color is #0080FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FF7F00?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 and white text 2.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.