#FCA156#FCA156
#FCA156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.141 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FCA156 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(252, 161, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 97%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 66%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 65.9%, 1.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.10, 27.21, 52.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.10, 58.79, 62.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.68% 0.0745 0.1196) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.68% 0.141 58.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.5735, 46.8622, 14.9735) |
| Luminance | 0.4686 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.10
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.12
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.56
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 3.80
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.14
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FCA156 #56B1FC
analogous
#FC565E #FCA156 #FCF456
triadic
#FCA156 #56FCA1 #A156FC
tetradic
#FCA156 #5EFC56 #56B1FC #F456FC
square
#FCA156 #5EFC56 #56B1FC #F456FC
split-complementary
#FCA156 #56FCF4 #565EFC
monochromatic
#D46204 #FB801A #FCA156 #FDC292 #FEE4CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.02
#FCA156 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.37
#FCA156 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FCA156
10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FCA156 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FCA156 | 1.00 | 2.02 | 10.37 | 10.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.02 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAA4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BE56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fca156; /* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 161, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.141 58.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbd88',
500: '#fca156',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fca156; $custom-light: #ffbd88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fca156",
"rgb": {
"r": 252,
"g": 161,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.108,
"s": 96.512,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78681,
"c": 0.14086,
"h": 58.1
},
"luminance": 0.46857
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FCA156
secondary
#BCDAF2
accent
#7EE600
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#19120C
muted
#87817D