#ffae18

Color #ffae18

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Orange #ffa500 · ΔE 5.23 Nearest Tailwind class amber-400 #ffb900 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ffae18

RGB

rgb(255, 174, 24)

HSL

hsl(39, 100%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(39, 90.6%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 90.6%, 0%)

LAB

lab(77.04, 19.48, 77.19)

LCH

lch(77.04, 79.61, 75.84)

OKLCH

oklch(80.9%, 0.1669, 74.46)

HWB

hwb(39, 9.4%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1869ff

Analogous

#ff3b18

#ffae18

#dcff18

Triadic

#ffae18

#18ffae

#ae18ff

Split-complementary

#ffae18

#18dcff

#3b18ff

Tetradic

#ffae18

#69ff18

#1869ff

#ae18ff

Square

#ffae18

#18ff3b

#1869ff

#ff18dc

Shades

Color #ffae18 mixed toward black.

#e89700

#ba7900

#8b5b00

#5d3c00

#2e1e00

Tints

Color #ffae18 mixed toward white.

#ffbc3e

#ffc965

#ffd78b

#ffe4b2

#fff2d8

Tones

Color #ffae18 mixed toward gray.

#eca82b

#d8a33e

#c59d52

#b29765

#9f9178

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e1e05d · ΔE 22.5

Deuteranopia

#e5eb66 · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#fc787d · ΔE 36.9

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 28.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffae18;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffae18]

Related colors

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Moccasin #ffe4b5

Floral White #fffaf0

Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Frequently asked questions

#ffae18 (#ffae18) is rgb(255, 174, 24) in RGB.

No, #ffae18 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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