Orange Red

About Orange Red

Orange Red is the hex color #FF4500, which translates to rgb(255, 69, 0) in RGB and hsl(16, 100%, 50%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 16 degrees, with a saturation of 100 percent and a lightness of 50 percent. Its OKLCH chroma of 0.229 is high, so Orange Red is one of the more vivid red tones here and is easy to overuse at large sizes.

How Orange Red compares

Orange Red is exactly the CSS keyword orangered, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is orange-600 (#F54900), at a distance of 4.9. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Scarlet at 9.1. Sorted by lightness, Orange Red is number 14 of the 18 red colors here.

Text on Orange Red

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Orange Red, led by Ink black at 5.56:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Orange Red already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Orange Red

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Orange Red for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.