#FF8833Wildfire (#FF8833) is a light, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 52°, lightness 0.75 and chroma 0.171. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #FF8833 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 136, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 100%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 80%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 47%, 80%, 0%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(68.8 39.7 62.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.746 0.171 52) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Wildfire shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ff832a — ΔE 1.0, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#ff882f — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged#ff8833 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ff8935 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Wildfire in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.38:1 and against black 8.82:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffeee4 · #ffb68b · #ff8833 · #c15c00 · #8c4100 · #5b2700
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#fdcb63 · #ffab44 · #ff8833 · #eb7151 · #d15e63 · #b4506e
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ff8833 · #979150 · #ae5300 · #5e5600 · #5d2800 · #252100
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ecc7b2 · #ff8833 · #0097cb · #955a34 · #703d1b · #472610
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e3f5ff · #ff8833 · #a38c7e · #4d5960 · #331e10 · #000205
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e8f4fb · #bfcdd5 · #92a2ab · #182d37 · #000b14 · #ff8833
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d8dbb5 · #ff8833 · #c7838d · #1b69b2 · #2a365e · #0c082f
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c0dec3 · #ff8833 · #7b98d3 · #447079 · #2d394f · #140e04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d0feee · #ff8833 · #00aa87 · #5d3bad · #2a0062 · #000402
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#dffbdb · #ff8833 · #5da554 · #006082 · #3d0047 · #00050c
#FF9C5E · #FFAF7F · #FFC19C · #FFD2B8 · #FFE2D2
#D66B17 · #AC5200 · #813B00 · #592600 · #341200
#EF9257 · #DF9B72 · #CDA289
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.