#FFAE72#FFAE72

#FFAE72 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.122 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE72
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(26, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(26, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 55.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, 23.52, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 48.61, 61.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% 0.0671 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.122 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4169, 52.7519, 22.9691)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE72 #72C3FF

analogous

#FF727D #FFAE72 #FFF572

triadic

#FFAE72 #72FFAE #AE72FF

tetradic

#FFAE72 #7DFF72 #72C3FF #F572FF

square

#FFAE72 #7DFF72 #72C3FF #F572FF

split-complementary

#FFAE72 #72FFF5 #727DFF

monochromatic

#F76900 #FF8B35 #FFAE72 #FFD1AF #FFEDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#FFAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#FFAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE72

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE72	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.122 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc69b',
    500: '#ffae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae72;
$custom-light: #ffc69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.532,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81674,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE72

secondary

#3997DC

accent

#84E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#19130E

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE72

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

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