#FFAE99#FFAE99

#FFAE99 is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.100 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE99
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(12, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(12, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, 27.18, 22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 35.49, 40.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% 0.082 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.1 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1285, 53.8365, 37.2500)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE99 #99EAFF

analogous

#FF99B7 #FFAE99 #FFE199

triadic

#FFAE99 #99FFAE #AE99FF

tetradic

#FFAE99 #B7FF99 #99EAFF #E199FF

square

#FFAE99 #B7FF99 #99EAFF #E199FF

split-complementary

#FFAE99 #99FFE1 #99B7FF

monochromatic

#FF4D1F #FF7D5C #FFAE99 #FFDFD6 #FFE7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#FFAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#FFAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE99

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE99	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.100 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6b7',
    500: '#ffae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae99;
$custom-light: #ffc6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82376,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE99

secondary

#5AC6E2

accent

#B6E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE99

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

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