#FFAE49#FFAE49

#FFAE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.148 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE49
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 71.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, 20.96, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 65.06, 71.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% 0.0539 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.148 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5829, 52.0182, 13.3099)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE49 #499AFF

analogous

#FF5349 #FFAE49 #F5FF49

triadic

#FFAE49 #49FFAE #AE49FF

tetradic

#FFAE49 #49FF53 #499AFF #FF49F5

square

#FFAE49 #49FF53 #499AFF #FF49F5

split-complementary

#FFAE49 #49F5FF #5349FF

monochromatic

#CE7200 #FF930C #FFAE49 #FFC986 #FFE4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FFAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#FFAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE49

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE49	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.148 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc681',
    500: '#ffae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae49;
$custom-light: #ffc681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.297,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81195,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE49

secondary

#236DC9

accent

#66E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130B

muted

#87827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE49

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

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