#FFAE73#FFAE73

#FFAE73 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE73
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(25, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(25, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 54.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, 23.60, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 48.22, 60.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% 0.0675 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.121 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4741, 52.7747, 23.2705)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE73 #73C4FF

analogous

#FF737E #FFAE73 #FFF473

triadic

#FFAE73 #73FFAE #AE73FF

tetradic

#FFAE73 #7EFF73 #73C4FF #F473FF

square

#FFAE73 #7EFF73 #73C4FF #F473FF

split-complementary

#FFAE73 #73FFF4 #737EFF

monochromatic

#F86800 #FF8B36 #FFAE73 #FFD1B0 #FFEDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#FFAE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#FFAE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE73

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE73	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)

#C6B56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc69c',
    500: '#ffae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae73;
$custom-light: #ffc69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81689,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE73

secondary

#3A98DC

accent

#85E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#19130E

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE73

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

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