#FFAA51#FFAA51

#FFAA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.144 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAA51
RGB	rgb(255, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, 23.45, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 61.77, 67.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.0623 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.144 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.1041, 50.6087, 14.5440)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAA51 #51A6FF

analogous

#FF5351 #FFAA51 #FDFF51

triadic

#FFAA51 #51FFAA #AA51FF

tetradic

#FFAA51 #51FF53 #51A6FF #FF51FD

square

#FFAA51 #51FF53 #51A6FF #FF51FD

split-complementary

#FFAA51 #51FDFF #5351FF

monochromatic

#D66D00 #FF8C14 #FFAA51 #FFC88E #FFE6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#FFAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#FFAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAA51

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAA51	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.144 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc385',
    500: '#ffaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaa51;
$custom-light: #ffc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.69,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80555,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAA51

secondary

#2578D0

accent

#70E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19120B

muted

#87827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAA51

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

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