#FCAE79#FCAE79

#FCAE79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.115 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCAE79
RGB	rgb(252, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(24, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(24, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, 22.90, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 44.85, 59.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% 0.0664 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.115 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7354, 52.3526, 25.0970)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCAE79 #79C7FC

analogous

#FC7985 #FCAE79 #FCF079

triadic

#FCAE79 #79FCAE #AE79FC

tetradic

#FCAE79 #85FC79 #79C7FC #F079FC

square

#FCAE79 #85FC79 #79C7FC #F079FC

split-complementary

#FCAE79 #79FCF0 #7985FC

monochromatic

#F56605 #FB8A3D #FCAE79 #FDD2B5 #FEEDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#FCAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#FCAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCAE79

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCAE79	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.115 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6a0',
    500: '#fcae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcae79;
$custom-light: #ffc6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.275,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81449,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCAE79

secondary

#409BD9

accent

#89E600

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F5

border

#D7D2CF

text

#18130F

muted

#868280

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCAE79

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

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