#FFAE55#FFAE55

#FFAE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.141 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE55
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, 21.58, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 60.34, 69.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% 0.0573 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.141 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0198, 52.1930, 15.6111)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE55 #55A6FF

analogous

#FF5955 #FFAE55 #FBFF55

triadic

#FFAE55 #55FFAE #AE55FF

tetradic

#FFAE55 #55FF59 #55A6FF #FF55FB

square

#FFAE55 #55FF59 #55A6FF #FF55FB

split-complementary

#FFAE55 #55FBFF #5955FF

monochromatic

#DA7200 #FF9118 #FFAE55 #FFCB92 #FFE8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FFAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#FFAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE55

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE55	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.141 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc688',
    500: '#ffae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae55;
$custom-light: #ffc688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.412,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81309,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE55

secondary

#2578D3

accent

#6DE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE55

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

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