#FC9973#FC9973

#FC9973 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.130 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC9973
RGB	rgb(252, 153, 115)
HSL	hsl(17, 96%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(17, 54%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 54.4%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 33.37, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 48.82, 46.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% 0.0972 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.13 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6343, 44.7209, 21.9710)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC9973 #73D6FC

analogous

#FC7392 #FC9973 #FCDD73

triadic

#FC9973 #73FC99 #9973FC

tetradic

#FC9973 #92FC73 #73D6FC #DD73FC

square

#FC9973 #92FC73 #73D6FC #DD73FC

split-complementary

#FC9973 #73FCDD #7392FC

monochromatic

#EF4605 #FB6D37 #FC9973 #FDC5AF #FEE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#FC9973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#FC9973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC9973

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC9973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC9973	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)

#B3A670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc9973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 153, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.130 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb89c',
    500: '#fc9973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc9973;
$custom-light: #ffb89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc9973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.642,
    "s": 95.804,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77724,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC9973

secondary

#D4EDF7

accent

#A6E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC9973

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

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