Beer `#FCAA12`

Beer (#FCAA12) is a light, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 74°, lightness 0.8 and chroma 0.167. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#FCAA12`
RGB	`rgb(252, 170, 18)`
HSL	`hsl(39, 98%, 53%)`
HSV	`hsv(39, 93%, 99%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 33%, 93%, 1%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(75.8 20.2 77.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.798 0.167 74)`

How Beer behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Beer shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ffa400 — ΔE 1.4, shifts subtly: leans toward red
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ffaa03 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #fcaa12 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #fdab16 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Beer in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.93:1 and against black 10.9:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Beer

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffefdb · #fcaa12 · #d99100 · #a86f00 · #7a4f00 · #4e3100

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#ebe579 · #f4c94a · #fcaa12 · #f18e37 · #df764d · #c8635c

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#fcaa12 · #91a86e · #ac7200 · #516f00 · #623f00 · #243400

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#f5ddbd · #fcaa12 · #358ced · #795111 · #543500 · #311c00

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fcaa12 · #97a2b0 · #7d6e5b · #3d444d · #261804 · #000105

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#ebf3fc · #c1cad5 · #939daa · #182433 · #000410 · #fcaa12

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#dae0bb · #fcaa12 · #cc9a7b · #207c96 · #333b5c · #05120f

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#b7e2d2 · #fcaa12 · #aaa2db · #4e768e · #2f3857 · #121004

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#fcaa12 · #7cabaa · #008180 · #621780 · #2d003f · #000202

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fcaa12 · #85ab99 · #00855d · #004382 · #370026 · #00061c

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FFB64A · #FFC371 · #FFD092 · #FFDCAF · #FFE8CA

Shades

#CF8A00 · #A46C00 · #7A4F00 · #533400 · #2F1B00

Muted

#EFAF53 · #E3B476 · #D5B893

Using Beer

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.