#FC8E57#FC8E57

#FC8E57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.151 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC8E57
RGB	rgb(252, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(20, 96%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 65.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 37.09, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 59.81, 51.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.1044 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.151 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5424, 40.7351, 14.1633)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC8E57 #57C5FC

analogous

#FC5773 #FC8E57 #FCE157

triadic

#FC8E57 #57FC8E #8E57FC

tetradic

#FC8E57 #73FC57 #57C5FC #E157FC

square

#FC8E57 #73FC57 #57C5FC #E157FC

split-complementary

#FC8E57 #57FCE1 #5773FC

monochromatic

#D54904 #FB661B #FC8E57 #FDB693 #FEDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#FC8E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#FC8E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC8E57

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC8E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC8E57	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc8e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.151 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb088',
    500: '#fc8e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc8e57;
$custom-light: #ffb088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc8e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 96.491,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75515,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC8E57

secondary

#BDE0F2

accent

#99E600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#19100B

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC8E57

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

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