#FF4500Orangered is a vivid, fully saturated, mid-toned warm orange (#FF4500).
Orangered reads as a vivid, fully saturated orange with a warm temperament. Colors in this range are commonly associated with enthusiasm, friendliness and affordability, which makes orangered a natural fit for playful brands, food products and secondary calls to action.
Orangered is bright enough that it pairs better with dark text than white: black type on orangered hits 6.10:1 — past the WCAG AA threshold — while white manages only 3.44:1. It shines as a section background, card fill or subtle highlight where a full-strength accent would shout.
For pairings, the complement of orangered sits at 196° — #00BBFF, close to deepskyblue — and delivers the strongest possible hue contrast; use it sparingly, in roughly a 90/10 split, so the two don't fight. For calmer schemes, the analogous colors 30° to either side keep the same warm temperature, while the triadic pair gives you a balanced three-color palette. All of these are computed for orangered in the palettes below, with copy-ready codes.
Every palette below is computed from orangered's position on the color wheel (hue 16°). Hover any swatch to see its code; click to copy.
Tints mix orangered toward white; shades mix it toward black. Use the scale for hover states, borders and depth without leaving the hue.
WCAG 2.1 requires 4.5:1 for normal text (AA) and 3:1 for large text. Here's how orangered performs, plus how it appears under the three main types of dichromatic color blindness (simulated approximation).
| Pairing | Ratio | Normal text | Large text |
|---|---|---|---|
| White text on Orangered | 3.44:1 | Fail | AA |
| Black text on Orangered | 6.10:1 | AA | AAA |
#AEAD11#B9C715#F61E21Copy-ready snippets. In CSS you can also use the keyword orangered directly.
:root {
--orangered: #FF4500;
--orangered-rgb: 255, 69, 0;
--orangered-tint: #FF9973;
--orangered-shade: #8C2600;
}
.btn-orangered {
background: var(--orangered);
color: #000000;
}// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
'orangered': {
DEFAULT: '#FF4500',
light: '#FF9973',
dark: '#8C2600',
},
}The closest CSS named colors by perceptual (Lab) distance.