#FFAE77#FFAE77

#FFAE77 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.119 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE77
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 119)
HSL	hsl(24, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(24, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 53.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, 23.92, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 46.66, 59.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% 0.069 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.119 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7093, 52.8688, 24.5091)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE77 #77C8FF

analogous

#FF7784 #FFAE77 #FFF277

triadic

#FFAE77 #77FFAE #AE77FF

tetradic

#FFAE77 #84FF77 #77C8FF #F277FF

square

#FFAE77 #84FF77 #77C8FF #F277FF

split-complementary

#FFAE77 #77FFF2 #7784FF

monochromatic

#FC6600 #FF8A3A #FFAE77 #FFD2B4 #FFEDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FFAE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#FFAE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE77

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE77	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.119 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc69f',
    500: '#ffae77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae77;
$custom-light: #ffc69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.265,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8175,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE77

secondary

#3D9CDD

accent

#89E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#19130E

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE77

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

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