#FFAF42#FFAF42

#FFAF42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.151 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAF42
RGB	rgb(255, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, 20.13, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 67.74, 72.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% 0.0505 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.151 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5576, 52.3184, 12.2203)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAF42 #4292FF

analogous

#FF5042 #FFAF42 #F1FF42

triadic

#FFAF42 #42FFAF #AF42FF

tetradic

#FFAF42 #42FF50 #4292FF #FF42F1

square

#FFAF42 #42FF50 #4292FF #FF42F1

split-complementary

#FFAF42 #42F1FF #5042FF

monochromatic

#C77300 #FF9505 #FFAF42 #FFC97F #FFE3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FFAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#FFAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAF42

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAF42	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)

#CAB433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.151 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc67d',
    500: '#ffaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffaf42;
$custom-light: #ffc67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.603,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81317,
    "c": 0.15138,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAF42

secondary

#2266C3

accent

#61E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130A

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAF42

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

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