#FFAA88

sRGB: 255 / 170 / 136
Color name: Super Sepia

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms awaken beneath celestial skies
Golden visions carry promises of spring

The hex code for Super Sepia is #FFAA88. It belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 170 green and 136 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 17.1° lands in the orange region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 76.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.36:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 170, 136
HSL: 17.14°, 100.00%, 76.67%
HSV / HSB: 17.14°, 46.67%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 33.33%, 46.67%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.057, 51.789, 30.127
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 77.155, 27.526, 30.296
WCAG relative luminance: 0.51787
24-bit decimal: 16755336

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FFAA88 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.36:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.85:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#88DDFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFAA88 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FFAA88 #88DDFF

Analogous

#FF88A2 and #FFE588 sit 30° to either side of #FFAA88. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FF88A2 #FFAA88 #FFE588

Triadic

#FFAA88, #88FFAA and #AA88FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFAA88 #88FFAA #AA88FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFAA88 and look across the wheel. #88FFE5 and #88A2FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFAA88 #88FFE5 #88A2FF

Square

Starting with #FFAA88, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A2FF88, #88DDFF, then #E588FF. Across the square, #FFAA88 pairs with #88DDFF, and #A2FF88 with #E588FF.

#FFAA88 #A2FF88 #88DDFF #E588FF

Tetradic

#FFAA88 and #88DDFF are opposites, as are #DDFF88 and #AA88FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFAA88 #DDFF88 #88DDFF #AA88FF

Tints

Mixing #FFAA88 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFBBA0, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFEEE7, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFAA88 #FFBBA0 #FFCCB8 #FFDDCF #FFEEE7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFAA88 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC886D, keeps 80% of the original. By #33221B, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFAA88 #CC886D #996652 #664436 #33221B #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFAA88 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6A286, keeps 80% of the original. By #998882, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFAA88 #E6A286 #CC9985 #B39183 #998882 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FFAA88

RGB

rgb(255 170 136)

HSL

hsl(17.143 100.000% 76.667%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFAA88;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFAA88 uses 255 red, 170 green and 136 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 66.7%

Blue 53.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFAA88 is 0.0% cyan, 33.3% magenta, 46.7% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 33.3%

Yellow 46.7%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFAA88. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FA8 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFAA88 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFAA88 Nearest web-safe: #FF9999

Gradient to complement

#FFAA88 #EBB39C #D7BBB0 #C4C4C4 #B0CCD7 #9CD5EB #88DDFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFAA88 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C0B485

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D4C687

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FF9CA1

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D9B286

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E1BC87

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FFA893

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BEBEBE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E2B5A6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 1.00000 G 0.40198 B 0.24620

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.95180 G 0.68131 B 0.55673

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.89383 G 0.42183 B 0.27036

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.423 y 0.365 Y 51.789

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 0.000 M % 33.333 Y % 46.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111111 10101010 10001000