#FFAE9B#FFAE9B

#FFAE9B is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.100 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE9B
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 155)
HSL	hsl(11, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(11, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 39.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, 27.40, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 35.01, 38.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% 0.0828 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.1 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.2950, 53.9031, 38.1273)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE9B #9BECFF

analogous

#FF9BBA #FFAE9B #FFE09B

triadic

#FFAE9B #9BFFAE #AE9BFF

tetradic

#FFAE9B #BAFF9B #9BECFF #E09BFF

square

#FFAE9B #BAFF9B #9BECFF #E09BFF

split-complementary

#FFAE9B #9BFFE0 #9BBAFF

monochromatic

#FF4B21 #FF7C5E #FFAE9B #FFE0D8 #FFE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#FFAE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#FFAE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE9B

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE9B	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.100 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6b8',
    500: '#ffae9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae9b;
$custom-light: #ffc6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.4,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82419,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE9B

secondary

#5CC9E2

accent

#BAE600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE9B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →