#FFAE50#FFAE50

#FFAE50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.144 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE50
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 68.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 21.31, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 62.33, 70.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.0558 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.144 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8281, 52.1164, 14.6017)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE50 #50A1FF

analogous

#FF5650 #FFAE50 #F8FF50

triadic

#FFAE50 #50FFAE #AE50FF

tetradic

#FFAE50 #50FF56 #50A1FF #FF50F8

square

#FFAE50 #50FF56 #50A1FF #FF50F8

split-complementary

#FFAE50 #50F8FF #5650FF

monochromatic

#D57200 #FF9213 #FFAE50 #FFCA8D #FFE7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FFAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#FFAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE50

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE50	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.144 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc685',
    500: '#ffae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae50;
$custom-light: #ffc685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.229,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81259,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE50

secondary

#2473CF

accent

#6AE600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130B

muted

#87827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE50

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

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