#FCAE99#FCAE99

#FCAE99 is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.097 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FCAE99
RGB	rgb(252, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(13, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(13, 39%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 39.3%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, 26.04, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 34.30, 40.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% 0.0787 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.097 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.0332, 53.2717, 37.1987)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FCAE99 #99E7FC

analogous

#FC99B6 #FCAE99 #FCDF99

triadic

#FCAE99 #99FCAE #AE99FC

tetradic

#FCAE99 #B6FC99 #99E7FC #DF99FC

square

#FCAE99 #B6FC99 #99E7FC #DF99FC

split-complementary

#FCAE99 #99FCDF #99B6FC

monochromatic

#F95022 #FA7F5E #FCAE99 #FEDDD4 #FEE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#FCAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#FCAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FCAE99

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FCAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FCAE99	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fcae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.097 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6b7',
    500: '#fcae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fcae99;
$custom-light: #ffc6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fcae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.727,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82047,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FCAE99

secondary

#5CC2DE

accent

#B5E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FCAE99

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

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