#FCAE61#FCAE61

#FCAE61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.131 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCAE61
RGB	rgb(252, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 96%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 61.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, 21.09, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 54.55, 67.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% 0.0578 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.131 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.4423, 51.8354, 18.2868)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCAE61 #61AFFC

analogous

#FC6161 #FCAE61 #FCFB61

triadic

#FCAE61 #61FCAE #AE61FC

tetradic

#FCAE61 #61FC61 #61AFFC #FB61FC

square

#FCAE61 #61FC61 #61AFFC #FB61FC

split-complementary

#FCAE61 #61FCFB #6161FC

monochromatic

#DE7104 #FB8F25 #FCAE61 #FDCD9D #FEECD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#FCAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#FCAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCAE61

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCAE61	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.131 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc690',
    500: '#fcae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcae61;
$custom-light: #ffc690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.806,
    "s": 96.273,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81109,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCAE61

secondary

#2B81D6

accent

#73E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#19130D

muted

#87827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCAE61

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

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