#FCAE96#FCAE96

#FCAE96 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.098 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCAE96
RGB	rgb(252, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(14, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(14, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, 25.71, 23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 35.07, 42.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% 0.0775 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.098 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7885, 53.1739, 35.9101)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FCAE96 #96E4FC

analogous

#FC96B1 #FCAE96 #FCE196

triadic

#FCAE96 #96FCAE #AE96FC

tetradic

#FCAE96 #B1FC96 #96E4FC #E196FC

square

#FCAE96 #B1FC96 #96E4FC #E196FC

split-complementary

#FCAE96 #96FCE1 #96B1FC

monochromatic

#F9521F #FA805B #FCAE96 #FEDCD2 #FEE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FCAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#FCAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCAE96

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCAE96	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.098 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6b5',
    500: '#fcae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcae96;
$custom-light: #ffc6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81984,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCAE96

secondary

#59BEDD

accent

#AFE600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCAE96

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

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