#FCA979#FCA979

#FCA979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.117 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCA979
RGB	rgb(252, 169, 121)
HSL	hsl(22, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(22, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 25.52, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 45.04, 55.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0742 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.117 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.7874, 50.4566, 24.7810)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCA979 #79CCFC

analogous

#FC798A #FCA979 #FCEB79

triadic

#FCA979 #79FCA9 #A979FC

tetradic

#FCA979 #8AFC79 #79CCFC #EB79FC

square

#FCA979 #8AFC79 #79CCFC #EB79FC

split-complementary

#FCA979 #79FCEB #798AFC

monochromatic

#F55D05 #FB833D #FCA979 #FDCFB5 #FEECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#FCA979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#FCA979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCA979

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCA979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCA979	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fca979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 169, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.117 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc3a0',
    500: '#fca979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fca979;
$custom-light: #ffc3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fca979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.985,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80563,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCA979

secondary

#40A1D9

accent

#91E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18120F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCA979

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →