#FCAE60#FCAE60

#FCAE60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.131 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCAE60
RGB	rgb(252, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(30, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 61.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 21.02, 50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 54.97, 67.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% 0.0574 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.131 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3960, 51.8169, 18.0428)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCAE60 #60AEFC

analogous

#FC6060 #FCAE60 #FCFC60

triadic

#FCAE60 #60FCAE #AE60FC

tetradic

#FCAE60 #60FC60 #60AEFC #FC60FC

square

#FCAE60 #60FC60 #60AEFC #FC60FC

split-complementary

#FCAE60 #60FCFC #6060FC

monochromatic

#DD7104 #FB8F24 #FCAE60 #FDCD9C #FEEBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FCAE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#FCAE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCAE60

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCAE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCAE60	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.131 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc68f',
    500: '#fcae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcae60;
$custom-light: #ffc68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 96.296,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81097,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCAE60

secondary

#2B80D6

accent

#73E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCAE60

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

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