#FFAE61#FFAE61

#FFAE61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.133 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE61
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, 22.30, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 55.47, 66.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% 0.0612 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.133 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5376, 52.4001, 18.3382)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE61 #61B2FF

analogous

#FF6163 #FFAE61 #FFFD61

triadic

#FFAE61 #61FFAE #AE61FF

tetradic

#FFAE61 #63FF61 #61B2FF #FD61FF

square

#FFAE61 #63FF61 #61B2FF #FD61FF

split-complementary

#FFAE61 #61FFFD #6163FF

monochromatic

#E67000 #FF8F24 #FFAE61 #FFCD9E #FFEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FFAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#FFAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE61

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE61	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)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.133 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc690',
    500: '#ffae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae61;
$custom-light: #ffc690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.241,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81445,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE61

secondary

#2B84DA

accent

#76E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE61

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

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