#FFAE57#FFAE57

#FFAE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.139 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE57
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, 21.69, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 59.53, 68.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% 0.058 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.139 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1004, 52.2253, 16.0355)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE57 #57A8FF

analogous

#FF5A57 #FFAE57 #FCFF57

triadic

#FFAE57 #57FFAE #AE57FF

tetradic

#FFAE57 #57FF5A #57A8FF #FF57FC

square

#FFAE57 #57FF5A #57A8FF #FF57FC

split-complementary

#FFAE57 #57FCFF #5A57FF

monochromatic

#DC7200 #FF901A #FFAE57 #FFCC94 #FFE9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FFAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#FFAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE57

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE57	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)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.139 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc689',
    500: '#ffae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae57;
$custom-light: #ffc689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.071,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8133,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE57

secondary

#267AD5

accent

#6FE600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE57

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

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