#FCA256#FCA256

#FCA256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.141 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCA256
RGB	rgb(252, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 97%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 65.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, 26.69, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 58.77, 63.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% 0.0729 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.141 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7490, 47.2131, 15.0320)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCA256 #56B0FC

analogous

#FC565D #FCA256 #FCF556

triadic

#FCA256 #56FCA2 #A256FC

tetradic

#FCA256 #5DFC56 #56B0FC #F556FC

square

#FCA256 #5DFC56 #56B0FC #F556FC

split-complementary

#FCA256 #56FCF5 #565DFC

monochromatic

#D46304 #FB811A #FCA256 #FDC392 #FEE4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#FCA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#FCA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCA256

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCA256	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fca256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.141 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffbe88',
    500: '#fca256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fca256;
$custom-light: #ffbe88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fca256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.47,
    "s": 96.512,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78854,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCA256

secondary

#BCD9F2

accent

#7CE600

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#19120C

muted

#87817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCA256

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

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