#FCA179#FCA179

#FCA179 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.121 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCA179
RGB	rgb(252, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(18, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, 29.71, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 45.77, 49.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.0869 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.121 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3444, 47.5706, 24.3000)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCA179 #79D4FC

analogous

#FC7992 #FCA179 #FCE379

triadic

#FCA179 #79FCA1 #A179FC

tetradic

#FCA179 #92FC79 #79D4FC #E379FC

square

#FCA179 #92FC79 #79D4FC #E379FC

split-complementary

#FCA179 #79FCE3 #7992FC

monochromatic

#F54F05 #FB773D #FCA179 #FDCBB5 #FEEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#FCA179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#FCA179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCA179

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCA179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCA179	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fca179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.121 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbda0',
    500: '#fca179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fca179;
$custom-light: #ffbda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fca179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.321,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79176,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCA179

secondary

#D4ECF7

accent

#9FE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19120E

muted

#87817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCA179

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

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