#FFAE56#FFAE56

#FFAE56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.140 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE56
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, 21.63, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 59.94, 68.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% 0.0576 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.14 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.0598, 52.2090, 15.8218)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE56 #56A7FF

analogous

#FF5A56 #FFAE56 #FBFF56

triadic

#FFAE56 #56FFAE #AE56FF

tetradic

#FFAE56 #56FF5A #56A7FF #FF56FB

square

#FFAE56 #56FF5A #56A7FF #FF56FB

split-complementary

#FFAE56 #56FBFF #5A56FF

monochromatic

#DB7200 #FF9119 #FFAE56 #FFCB93 #FFE9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FFAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#FFAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE56

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE56	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)

#C8B44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.140 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc689',
    500: '#ffae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae56;
$custom-light: #ffc689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.243,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8132,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE56

secondary

#2579D4

accent

#6EE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE56

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

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