#FC5A1FCarrot Lava (#FC5A1F) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 38°, lightness 0.68 and chroma 0.208. 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.
| HEX | #FC5A1F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(252, 90, 31) |
| HSL | hsl(16, 97%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(16, 88%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64%, 88%, 1%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(60 59.4 62.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.678 0.208 38) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Carrot Lava is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#fd5416 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#ff591b — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged#fc5a1f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#fd5b21 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Carrot Lava in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 3.17:1 and against black 6.62:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffece7 · #ffb39c · #fc5a1f · #d54200 · #9b2d00 · #641900
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.
#fea829 · #ff840c · #fc5a1f · #e2454e · #c33864 · #a12f6f
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.
#d0b465 · #fc5a1f · #cc4718 · #725a00 · #752000 · #332600
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.
#00d7ff · #fc5a1f · #976a5c · #8b3c23 · #652008 · #3a0e02
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ddf7ff · #fc5a1f · #93746b · #3d4e53 · #32150c · #000407
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.
#e7f5f9 · #bdcdd2 · #90a2a8 · #132c33 · #000a0f · #fc5a1f
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d5dcb7 · #d098ab · #fc5a1f · #1e73a2 · #35426b · #03082c
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#c8dcba · #8ab0dc · #fc5a1f · #487676 · #3b4754 · #140c04
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d0ffe2 · #fc5a1f · #00945c · #3b29b7 · #180061 · #000401
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e6fbce · #fc5a1f · #628c00 · #005466 · #2f0049 · #000407
#FF794F · #FF9575 · #FFAE95 · #FFC6B4 · #FFDCD1
#D54200 · #AA3300 · #812400 · #5A1500 · #370800
#E96D46 · #D67C60 · #C18876
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.