#FFAE9D#FFAE9D

#FFAE9D is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.099 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE9D
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 157)
HSL	hsl(10, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(10, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 38.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, 27.62, 20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 34.56, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% 0.0836 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.099 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.4644, 53.9708, 39.0192)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE9D #9DEEFF

analogous

#FF9DBD #FFAE9D #FFDF9D

triadic

#FFAE9D #9DFFAE #AE9DFF

tetradic

#FFAE9D #BDFF9D #9DEEFF #DF9DFF

square

#FFAE9D #BDFF9D #9DEEFF #DF9DFF

split-complementary

#FFAE9D #9DFFDF #9DBDFF

monochromatic

#FF4923 #FF7B60 #FFAE9D #FFE1DA #FFE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#FFAE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#FFAE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE9D

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE9D	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.099 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6ba',
    500: '#ffae9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae9d;
$custom-light: #ffc6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.408,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82462,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE9D

secondary

#5ECBE3

accent

#BEE600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE9D

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

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