#FFAA27#FFAA27

#FFAA27 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.163 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAA27
RGB	rgb(255, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 85%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 84.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 21.85, 72.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 76.13, 73.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.0527 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.163 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.9855, 50.1613, 8.6527)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAA27 #277CFF

analogous

#FF3E27 #FFAA27 #E8FF27

triadic

#FFAA27 #27FFAA #AA27FF

tetradic

#FFAA27 #27FF3E #277CFF #FF27E8

square

#FFAA27 #27FF3E #277CFF #FF27E8

split-complementary

#FFAA27 #27E8FF #3E27FF

monochromatic

#AC6800 #E98D00 #FFAA27 #FFC264 #FFDAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#FFAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#FFAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAA27

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAA27	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)

#DBC42C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.163 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc36f',
    500: '#ffaa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaa27;
$custom-light: #ffc36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.389,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80256,
    "c": 0.16313,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAA27

secondary

#1E56AC

accent

#7DFF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#1A1208

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAA27

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

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