#FFAF40#FFAF40

#FFAF40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.152 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAF40
RGB	rgb(255, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, 20.04, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 68.47, 72.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% 0.05 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.152 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.4997, 52.2952, 11.9152)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAF40 #4090FF

analogous

#FF4F40 #FFAF40 #F0FF40

triadic

#FFAF40 #40FFAF #AF40FF

tetradic

#FFAF40 #40FF4F #4090FF #FF40F0

square

#FFAF40 #40FF4F #4090FF #FF40F0

split-complementary

#FFAF40 #40F0FF #4F40FF

monochromatic

#C57200 #FF9503 #FFAF40 #FFC97D #FFE2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FFAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#FFAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAF40

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAF40	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.152 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc67c',
    500: '#ffaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaf40;
$custom-light: #ffc67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.869,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81302,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAF40

secondary

#2265C1

accent

#60E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130A

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAF40

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

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