#FFAE60#FFAE60

#FFAE60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.134 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE60
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(29, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 62.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, 22.24, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 55.88, 66.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% 0.0608 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.134 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.4913, 52.3816, 18.0942)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE60 #60B1FF

analogous

#FF6062 #FFAE60 #FFFE60

triadic

#FFAE60 #60FFAE #AE60FF

tetradic

#FFAE60 #62FF60 #60B1FF #FE60FF

square

#FFAE60 #62FF60 #60B1FF #FE60FF

split-complementary

#FFAE60 #60FFFE #6062FF

monochromatic

#E57000 #FF8F23 #FFAE60 #FFCD9D #FFECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FFAE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#FFAE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE60

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE60	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.134 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc68f',
    500: '#ffae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae60;
$custom-light: #ffc68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.434,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81433,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE60

secondary

#2A83D9

accent

#75E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE60

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

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