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#FCAE0A

#fcae0a ≈ Orange

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fcae0a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 68.24% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.95% magenta, 96.03% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 40.66°, with 97.58% saturation and 51.37% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Orange (#ffa500), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.5099

Complementary

  1. #fcae0a
  2. #0a58fc

Split complementary

  1. #fcae0a
  2. #0ad1fc
  3. #350afc

Analogous

  1. #fc350a
  2. #fcae0a
  3. #d1fc0a

Triadic

  1. #fcae0a
  2. #0afcae
  3. #ae0afc

Tetradic

  1. #fcae0a
  2. #58fc0a
  3. #0a58fc
  4. #ae0afc

Square

  1. #fcae0a
  2. #0afc35
  3. #0a58fc
  4. #fc0ad1

Monochromatic

  1. #6c4901
  2. #b77d02
  3. #fcae0a
  4. #fdc756
  5. #fee0a1

Shades

#fcae0a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fcae0a
  2. #e39d09
  3. #ca8b08
  4. #b07a07
  5. #976806
  6. #7e5705
  7. #654604
  8. #4c3403
  9. #322302
  10. #191101
  11. #000000

Tints

#fcae0a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fcae0a
  2. #fcb623
  3. #fdbe3b
  4. #fdc654
  5. #fdce6c
  6. #fed785
  7. #fedf9d
  8. #fee7b6
  9. #feefce
  10. #fff7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fcae0a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fcae0a
  2. #f0a916
  3. #e3a522
  4. #d7a02d
  5. #ca9c39
  6. #be9745
  7. #b29251
  8. #a58e5d
  9. #998968
  10. #8c8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d9b796 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ddc519 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9994 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e0b000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #eabc14 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffa276 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fcae0a {
  color: #fcae0a;
}
Background
.bg-fcae0a {
  background-color: #fcae0a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fcae0a {
  border: 2px solid #fcae0a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fcae0a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 174 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 98% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fcae0a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcae0a, #d1fc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fcae0a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 174 10 / 0.35);
}

#ffa500 Orange ΔE 3.56 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.11 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 4.38 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 4.90 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.66 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.68 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.74 #0351f5 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Orange
#fcae0a  rgb(252, 174, 10)  hsl(41, 98%, 51%)  Orange
#0a58fc  rgb(10, 88, 252)  hsl(221, 98%, 51%)  Ultramarine Blue
#0afcae  rgb(10, 252, 174)  hsl(161, 98%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#ae0afc  rgb(174, 10, 252)  hsl(281, 98%, 51%)  Vivid Violet