#FFAA59#FFAA59

#FFAA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.139 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAA59
RGB	rgb(255, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, 23.90, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 58.59, 65.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% 0.0648 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.139 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4220, 50.7358, 16.2181)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAA59 #59AEFF

analogous

#FF595B #FFAA59 #FFFD59

triadic

#FFAA59 #59FFAA #AA59FF

tetradic

#FFAA59 #5BFF59 #59AEFF #FD59FF

square

#FFAA59 #5BFF59 #59AEFF #FD59FF

split-complementary

#FFAA59 #59FFFD #595BFF

monochromatic

#DE6C00 #FF8B1C #FFAA59 #FFC996 #FFE9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#FFAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#FFAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAA59

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAA59	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.139 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc38b',
    500: '#ffaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaa59;
$custom-light: #ffc38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.277,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8064,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAA59

secondary

#2680D6

accent

#76E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19120C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAA59

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

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