#FC8E61#FC8E61

#FC8E61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.146 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC8E61
RGB	rgb(252, 142, 97)
HSL	hsl(17, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 61.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 37.71, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 56.38, 48.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.1079 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.146 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9797, 40.9100, 16.4660)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC8E61 #61CFFC

analogous

#FC6181 #FC8E61 #FCDB61

triadic

#FC8E61 #61FC8E #8E61FC

tetradic

#FC8E61 #81FC61 #61CFFC #DB61FC

square

#FC8E61 #81FC61 #61CFFC #DB61FC

split-complementary

#FC8E61 #61FCDB #6181FC

monochromatic

#DE4404 #FB6325 #FC8E61 #FDB99D #FEE4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#FC8E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#FC8E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC8E61

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC8E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC8E61	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc8e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 142, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.146 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb08f',
    500: '#fc8e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc8e61;
$custom-light: #ffb08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc8e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.419,
    "s": 96.273,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75649,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC8E61

secondary

#C5E6F4

accent

#A3E600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#19110C

muted

#87807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC8E61

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

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