#FFE9AE#FFE9AE

#FFE9AE is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.079 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFE9AE
RGB	rgb(255, 233, 174)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(44, 32%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 31.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.84, -0.97, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.84, 31.47, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(93.8% 0 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(93.8% 0.079 90)
XYZ	xyz(78.0199, 82.5962, 51.8690)
Luminance	0.8259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFE9AE #AEC4FF

analogous

#FFC1AE #FFE9AE #EDFFAE

triadic

#FFE9AE #AEFFE9 #E9AEFF

tetradic

#FFE9AE #AEFFC1 #AEC4FF #FFAEED

square

#FFE9AE #AEFFC1 #AEC4FF #FFAEED

split-complementary

#FFE9AE #AEEDFF #C1AEFF

monochromatic

#FFC834 #FFD871 #FFE9AE #FFF7E0 #FFF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FFE9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.52

#FFE9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFE9AE

17.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFE9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFE9AE	1.00	1.20	17.52	17.52
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEDB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffe9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 233, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.079 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefc6',
    500: '#ffe9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffe9ae;
$custom-light: #ffefc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffe9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.704,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93799,
    "c": 0.07888,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.82594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFE9AE

secondary

#6C8DE5

accent

#3EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181613

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFE9AE

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

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