#FFAE40#FFAE40

#FFAE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.152 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE40
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 20.57, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 68.41, 72.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% 0.0516 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.152 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3058, 51.9074, 11.8506)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE40 #4091FF

analogous

#FF4E40 #FFAE40 #F0FF40

triadic

#FFAE40 #40FFAE #AE40FF

tetradic

#FFAE40 #40FF4E #4091FF #FF40F0

square

#FFAE40 #40FF4E #4091FF #FF40F0

split-complementary

#FFAE40 #40F0FF #4E40FF

monochromatic

#C57100 #FF9403 #FFAE40 #FFC87D #FFE2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FFAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#FFAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE40

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE40	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.152 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc67c',
    500: '#ffae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae40;
$custom-light: #ffc67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.555,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81122,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE40

secondary

#2266C1

accent

#61E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130A

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE40

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

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