#FFAE59#FFAE59

#FFAE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.138 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE59
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(31, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, 21.81, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 58.73, 68.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% 0.0586 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.138 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.1832, 52.2584, 16.4718)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE59 #59AAFF

analogous

#FF5B59 #FFAE59 #FDFF59

triadic

#FFAE59 #59FFAE #AE59FF

tetradic

#FFAE59 #59FF5B #59AAFF #FF59FD

square

#FFAE59 #59FF5B #59AAFF #FF59FD

split-complementary

#FFAE59 #59FDFF #5B59FF

monochromatic

#DE7100 #FF901C #FFAE59 #FFCC96 #FFEAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FFAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#FFAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE59

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE59	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.138 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc68b',
    500: '#ffae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae59;
$custom-light: #ffc68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.723,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81352,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE59

secondary

#267CD6

accent

#70E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE59

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

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