#FC8A62#FC8A62

#FC8A62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.149 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC8A62
RGB	rgb(252, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(16, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 61%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 61.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 39.81, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 56.72, 45.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% 0.1145 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.149 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4421, 39.7598, 16.5182)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC8A62 #62D4FC

analogous

#FC6287 #FC8A62 #FCD762

triadic

#FC8A62 #62FC8A #8A62FC

tetradic

#FC8A62 #87FC62 #62D4FC #D762FC

square

#FC8A62 #87FC62 #62D4FC #D762FC

split-complementary

#FC8A62 #62FCD7 #6287FC

monochromatic

#DF3D04 #FB5D26 #FC8A62 #FDB79E #FEE4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#FC8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#FC8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC8A62

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC8A62	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae8f',
    500: '#fc8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc8a62;
$custom-light: #ffae8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.584,
    "s": 96.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75029,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC8A62

secondary

#C6E8F4

accent

#AAE600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC8A62

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

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