#FFAE97#FFAE97

#FFAE97 is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.101 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE97
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(13, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(13, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 26.96, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 35.99, 41.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% 0.0812 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.101 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.9647, 53.7710, 36.3874)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE97 #97E8FF

analogous

#FF97B4 #FFAE97 #FFE297

triadic

#FFAE97 #97FFAE #AE97FF

tetradic

#FFAE97 #B4FF97 #97E8FF #E297FF

square

#FFAE97 #B4FF97 #97E8FF #E297FF

split-complementary

#FFAE97 #97FFE2 #97B4FF

monochromatic

#FF4F1D #FF7E5A #FFAE97 #FFDED4 #FFE7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#FFAE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#FFAE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE97

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE97	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.101 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6b5',
    500: '#ffae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae97;
$custom-light: #ffc6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.269,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82334,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE97

secondary

#59C3E2

accent

#B3E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE97

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

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