#FFAE31#FFAE31

#FFAE31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.159 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE31
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 100%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 80.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 20.04, 70.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 73.44, 74.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% 0.0483 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.159 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9349, 51.7590, 9.8971)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE31 #3182FF

analogous

#FF4731 #FFAE31 #E9FF31

triadic

#FFAE31 #31FFAE #AE31FF

tetradic

#FFAE31 #31FF47 #3182FF #FF31E9

square

#FFAE31 #31FF47 #3182FF #FF31E9

split-complementary

#FFAE31 #31E9FF #4731FF

monochromatic

#B66E00 #F39300 #FFAE31 #FFC66E #FFDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FFAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#FFAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE31

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE31	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.159 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc674',
    500: '#ffae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae31;
$custom-light: #ffc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.408,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81024,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE31

secondary

#205AB4

accent

#7DFF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#1A1309

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE31

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

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