#FFAA55#FFAA55

#FFAA55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.141 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAA55
RGB	rgb(255, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 23.67, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 60.19, 66.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% 0.0635 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.141 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2585, 50.6705, 15.3574)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAA55 #55AAFF

analogous

#FF5555 #FFAA55 #FFFF55

triadic

#FFAA55 #55FFAA #AA55FF

tetradic

#FFAA55 #55FF55 #55AAFF #FF55FF

square

#FFAA55 #55FF55 #55AAFF #FF55FF

split-complementary

#FFAA55 #55FFFF #5555FF

monochromatic

#DA6D00 #FF8B18 #FFAA55 #FFC992 #FFE7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#FFAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#FFAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAA55

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAA55	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.141 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc388',
    500: '#ffaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaa55;
$custom-light: #ffc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80597,
    "c": 0.14132,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAA55

secondary

#257CD3

accent

#73E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#19120C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAA55

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

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