#FFAE4C#FFAE4C

#FFAE4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.146 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE4C
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(33, 100%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 70.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 21.10, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 63.90, 70.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% 0.0547 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.146 68)
XYZ	xyz(57.6847, 52.0590, 13.8464)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE4C #4C9DFF

analogous

#FF544C #FFAE4C #F7FF4C

triadic

#FFAE4C #4CFFAE #AE4CFF

tetradic

#FFAE4C #4CFF54 #4C9DFF #FF4CF7

square

#FFAE4C #4CFF54 #4C9DFF #FF4CF7

split-complementary

#FFAE4C #4CF7FF #544CFF

monochromatic

#D17200 #FF920F #FFAE4C #FFCA89 #FFE5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FFAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#FFAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE4C

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE4C	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.146 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc683',
    500: '#ffae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae4c;
$custom-light: #ffc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.849,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81221,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.52054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE4C

secondary

#2470CB

accent

#68E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130B

muted

#87827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE4C

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

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