#FFAA56#FFAA56

#FFAA56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.141 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAA56
RGB	rgb(255, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 23.72, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 59.79, 66.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0638 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.141 63)
XYZ	xyz(57.2985, 50.6865, 15.5681)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAA56 #56ABFF

analogous

#FF5657 #FFAA56 #FFFE56

triadic

#FFAA56 #56FFAA #AA56FF

tetradic

#FFAA56 #57FF56 #56ABFF #FE56FF

square

#FFAA56 #57FF56 #56ABFF #FE56FF

split-complementary

#FFAA56 #56FFFE #5657FF

monochromatic

#DB6D00 #FF8B19 #FFAA56 #FFC993 #FFE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#FFAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#FFAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAA56

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAA56	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.141 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc389',
    500: '#ffaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaa56;
$custom-light: #ffc389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.822,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80607,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.50681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAA56

secondary

#257DD4

accent

#73E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19120C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAA56

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

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