#FFAA33#FFAA33

#FFAA33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.159 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAA33
RGB	rgb(255, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(35, 100%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 80%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 22.19, 69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 72.64, 72.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.0548 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.159 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.2167, 50.2538, 9.8706)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAA33 #3388FF

analogous

#FF4433 #FFAA33 #EEFF33

triadic

#FFAA33 #33FFAA #AA33FF

tetradic

#FFAA33 #33FF44 #3388FF #FF33EE

square

#FFAA33 #33FF44 #3388FF #FF33EE

split-complementary

#FFAA33 #33EEFF #4433FF

monochromatic

#B86B00 #F58F00 #FFAA33 #FFC370 #FFDDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#FFAA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#FFAA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAA33

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAA33	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.159 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc374',
    500: '#ffaa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaa33;
$custom-light: #ffc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80318,
    "c": 0.15874,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAA33

secondary

#205FB6

accent

#82FF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#1A1209

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAA33

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

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