#FFAE42#FFAE42

#FFAE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.151 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE42
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, 20.65, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 67.68, 72.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% 0.0521 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.151 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3637, 51.9306, 12.1557)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE42 #4293FF

analogous

#FF5042 #FFAE42 #F1FF42

triadic

#FFAE42 #42FFAE #AE42FF

tetradic

#FFAE42 #42FF50 #4293FF #FF42F1

square

#FFAE42 #42FF50 #4293FF #FF42F1

split-complementary

#FFAE42 #42F1FF #5042FF

monochromatic

#C77100 #FF9405 #FFAE42 #FFC87F #FFE2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FFAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#FFAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE42

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE42	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.151 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc67d',
    500: '#ffae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae42;
$custom-light: #ffc67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81137,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE42

secondary

#2267C3

accent

#62E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130A

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE42

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

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