All About Color #FC9540

#FC9540

About #FC9540

#FC9540 is a light orange color with the hex code #FC9540. In RGB it is red 252, green 149, blue 64; in HSL it is hue 27°, saturation 97%, lightness 62%; in CMYK it is 0%, 41%, 75%, 1%. Its contrast ratio is 2.21:1 on white and 9.51:1 on black.

#FC9540 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFC, 95, 40
CMYK0.00%, 40.87%, 74.60%, 1.18%
RGB Decimal252, 149, 64
HSL27°, 97%, 62%
RGB Octal374, 225, 100
HSV (HSB)27.13°, 74.60%, 98.82%
RGB Binary11111100, 10010101, 1000000
CIE-L*AB71.26, 32.36, 59.21
RGB Percent98.82%, 58.43%, 25.10%
CIE-L*CH71.26, 67.48, 61.34
XYZ51.82, 42.56, 10.33
CIE-L*UV71.26, 82.96, 58.15
xyY0.49, 0.41, 42.56
Hunter-Lab65.24, 27.61, 36.27
RYB98.82%, 85.94%, 25.10%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FC9540 on a dark background: contrast 9.51:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#FC9540 on a light background: contrast 2.21:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FC9540, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#FC9540 · #FDC79B · #DD6503 · #40A7FC · #9BD1FD

Analogous palette

#FC40A7 · #FC404A · #FC9540 · #FCF340 · #A7FC40

Triadic palette

#FC9540 · #40FC95 · #9540FC · #FDC79B · #9BFDC7

Tetradic palette

#FC9540 · #4AFC40 · #40A7FC · #F340FC · #DD6503

Monochromatic palette

#A14A02 · #EC6C04 · #FC9540 · #FDBF8B · #FEE9D7

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