#FC9872#FC9872

#FC9872 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.131 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC9872
RGB	rgb(252, 152, 114)
HSL	hsl(17, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(17, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 54.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, 33.81, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 49.29, 46.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% 0.0984 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.131 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4141, 44.3720, 21.6153)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC9872 #72D6FC

analogous

#FC7291 #FC9872 #FCDD72

triadic

#FC9872 #72FC98 #9872FC

tetradic

#FC9872 #91FC72 #72D6FC #DD72FC

square

#FC9872 #91FC72 #72D6FC #DD72FC

split-complementary

#FC9872 #72FCDD #7291FC

monochromatic

#EF4505 #FB6C36 #FC9872 #FDC4AE #FEE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#FC9872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#FC9872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC9872

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC9872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC9872	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc9872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 152, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.131 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb79b',
    500: '#fc9872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc9872;
$custom-light: #ffb79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc9872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.522,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77541,
    "c": 0.13122,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC9872

secondary

#D3EDF6

accent

#A6E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC9872

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

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