#FC9972#FC9972

#FC9972 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.130 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC9972
RGB	rgb(252, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(17, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(17, 55%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 54.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 33.29, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 49.14, 47.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0969 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.13 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.5771, 44.6980, 21.6696)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC9972 #72D5FC

analogous

#FC7290 #FC9972 #FCDE72

triadic

#FC9972 #72FC99 #9972FC

tetradic

#FC9972 #90FC72 #72D5FC #DE72FC

square

#FC9972 #90FC72 #72D5FC #DE72FC

split-complementary

#FC9972 #72FCDE #7290FC

monochromatic

#EF4705 #FB6E36 #FC9972 #FDC4AE #FEE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#FC9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#FC9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC9972

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC9972	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.130 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb89b',
    500: '#fc9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc9972;
$custom-light: #ffb89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.957,
    "s": 95.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77708,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC9972

secondary

#D3EDF6

accent

#A5E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC9972

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

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