#FFAA23#FFAA23

#FFAA23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.164 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAA23
RGB	rgb(255, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(37, 100%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 86%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 86.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 21.76, 74.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 77.14, 73.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% 0.0521 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.164 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9227, 50.1361, 8.3219)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAA23 #2378FF

analogous

#FF3C23 #FFAA23 #E6FF23

triadic

#FFAA23 #23FFAA #AA23FF

tetradic

#FFAA23 #23FF3C #2378FF #FF23E6

square

#FFAA23 #23FF3C #2378FF #FF23E6

split-complementary

#FFAA23 #23E6FF #3C23FF

monochromatic

#A86700 #E58C00 #FFAA23 #FFC260 #FFD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#FFAA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#FFAA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAA23

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAA23	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.164 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc36d',
    500: '#ffaa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaa23;
$custom-light: #ffc36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80239,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAA23

secondary

#1E53A8

accent

#7CFF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#1A1208

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAA23

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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