#FFAE81#FFAE81

#FFAE81 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.112 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE81
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 129)
HSL	hsl(21, 100%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(21, 49%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 49.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, 24.79, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 42.92, 54.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% 0.0727 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.112 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.3418, 53.1218, 27.8401)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE81 #81D2FF

analogous

#FF8193 #FFAE81 #FFED81

triadic

#FFAE81 #81FFAE #AE81FF

tetradic

#FFAE81 #93FF81 #81D2FF #ED81FF

square

#FFAE81 #93FF81 #81D2FF #ED81FF

split-complementary

#FFAE81 #81FFED #8193FF

monochromatic

#FF5F07 #FF8744 #FFAE81 #FFD5BE #FFEBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FFAE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#FFAE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE81

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE81	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.112 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6a6',
    500: '#ffae81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae81;
$custom-light: #ffc6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81915,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE81

secondary

#46A8DE

accent

#94E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F6

border

#D7D2D0

text

#19130F

muted

#878280

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE81

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

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