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#f3d7ac

a light, vivid orange · warm · closest name: Wheat

Token name suggestion: Morning Marmalade

RGB
243, 215, 172
HSL
36°, 75%, 81%
CMYK
0, 12, 29, 5
Luminance
0.7063

#f3d7ac is a light vivid orange, 36° on the wheel and 5/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.13:1). As text it scores 1.39:1 on white — use #A26B17 instead. Nearest name is Wheat, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(36 75% 81%)rgb(243 215 172)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f3d7ac is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f3d7ac
Hue
36°
orange
Saturation
75%
vivid
Lightness
81%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7063
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
5/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.13:1
Closest name
Wheat
ΔE2000 2.2
Chroma
25.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.892
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 17.8
Web-safe
#FFCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue36° of 360°
Saturation75%
Lightness81%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f3d7ac.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool5% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red27%
Green69%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#f3d7ac
HEX (8-digit)#f3d7acff
RGBrgb(243, 215, 172)
RGBArgba(243, 215, 172, 1)
HSLhsl(36, 75%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(36, 29%, 95%)
HWBhwb(36 67% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12%, 29%, 5%)
LABlab(87.3 3.5 24.8)
LCHlch(87.3 25.1 82.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.892 0.064 78.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(68.71, 70.64, 49.04)
Decimal15980460
Display P3color(display-p3 0.953 0.843 0.675)
Web-safe#FFCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f3d7ac;
background-color: #f3d7ac;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f3d7ac;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f3d7ac] bg-[#f3d7ac]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f3d7ac;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.953, green: 0.843, blue: 0.675)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.953, green: 0.843, blue: 0.675, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F3D7AC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF3D7AC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF3D7AC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(172, 215, 243)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(243, 215, 172)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(243, 215, 172)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 243, 215, 172)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9529f, 0.8431f, 0.6745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{243,215,172}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f3d7ac 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f3d7ac 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6F4A10, #EEE3D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f3d7ac h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF8F3;
  --brand-100: #F9F2E7;
  --brand-200: #F4E2C8;
  --brand-300: #f3d7ac;
  --brand-400: #EAB86C;
  --brand-500: #E3A03B;
  --brand-600: #D68E1F;
  --brand-700: #B2761A;
  --brand-800: #8F5E15;
  --brand-900: #674613;
  --brand-950: #412C0C;
  --brand: #f3d7ac;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF8F4;
  --brand-border: #EDDBC0;
  --brand-hover: #EEC88D;
  --brand-pressed: #EAB96E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241E14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE3D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF8F3',
        100: '#F9F2E7',
        200: '#F4E2C8',
        300: '#f3d7ac',
        400: '#EAB86C',
        500: '#E3A03B',
        600: '#D68E1F',
        700: '#B2761A',
        800: '#8F5E15',
        900: '#674613',
        950: '#412C0C',
        DEFAULT: '#f3d7ac',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF8F3,
  '100': #F9F2E7,
  '200': #F4E2C8,
  '300': #f3d7ac,
  '400': #EAB86C,
  '500': #E3A03B,
  '600': #D68E1F,
  '700': #B2761A,
  '800': #8F5E15,
  '900': #674613,
  '950': #412C0C,
);
$brand-base: #f3d7ac;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF8F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9F2E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F4E2C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#f3d7ac", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#EAB86C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E3A03B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D68E1F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B2761A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8F5E15", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#674613", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#412C0C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #f3d7ac · 15.13:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.39:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.13:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f3d7ac as text scores 1.39:1 on white and 15.13:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6F4A10 at 5.68:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#A26B17 · 4.51:1
AA on white−45% L
#A26B17
The quick fox
#764E11 · 7.32:1
AAA on white−55% L
#764E11
The quick fox
#f3d7ac · 15.13:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f3d7ac
The quick fox
#f3d7ac · 15.13:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f3d7ac

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CA861D is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f3d7ac on white: 1.39:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f3d7ac on black: 15.13:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f3d7ac as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f3d7ac.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.39:1AaAa
Slate 501.33:1AaAa
Slate 1001.27:1AaAa
Slate 2001.13:1AaAa
Slate 3001.07:1AaAa
Slate 4001.85:1AaAa
Slate 5003.43:1AaAa
Slate 6005.46:1AaAa
Slate 7007.46:1AaAa
Slate 80010.54:1AaAa
Slate 90012.86:1AaAa
Black15.13:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E3D7A9
deuteranopia · #EADEAD
tritanopia · #FFCFCB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #f3d7ac is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF8F3
#F9F2E7
#F4E2C8
#f3d7ac
#EAB86C
#E3A03B
#D68E1F
#B2761A
#8F5E15
#674613
#412C0C
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FCF8F3Darkest = 950 · #412C0CText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.016 78.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.026 78.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.039 78.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.050 78.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.059 78.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.064 78.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.064 78.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.060 78.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.054 78.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.045 78.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.035 78.4);
}

Colors that work with #f3d7ac

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF8F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDDBC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B7B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#167DB6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6F4A10
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCF4E9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241E14
Dark-mode background
Hover#EEC88D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#EAB96E
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F5F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F9E0BA
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f3d7ac

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #6F4A10
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CA861D

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight19/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#ACC8F3
Analogous left#F3B4AC
Analogous right#ECF3AC
Split-complement 1#ACECF3
Split-complement 2#B4ACF3
Triadic 1#ACF3D7
Triadic 2#D7ACF3
Tetradic#ACF3B4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°36°

#f3d7ac sits at 36°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red95.3%
Green84.3%
Blue67.5%
R · 0–255
243
0xf3
G · 0–255
215
0xd7
B · 0–255
172
0xac

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta11.5%
Yellow29.2%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 45%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f3d7ac text on a black background

contrast 15.13:1

Card sample

#f3d7ac text on a white background

contrast 1.39:1

Card sample

#f3d7ac on grey

1.27:1

#f3d7ac on its own surface

1.31:1

#f3d7ac on its dark surface

11.90:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f3d7ac;
Background color
Panel with #f3d7ac background
background-color: #f3d7ac;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f3d7ac;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(243, 215, 172, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(243, 215, 172, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f3d7ac;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f3d7ac, #E0F3AC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f3d7ac, #CEF3AC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f3d7ac;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f3d7ac;
caret-color: #f3d7ac;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f3d7ac;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCF4E9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f3d7ac;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f3d7ac 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f3d7ac over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(243, 215, 172, 0.5)
rgb(243 215 172 / 50%)
#f3d7ac80
hsl(36 75% 81% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f3d7ac 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f3d7ac1a#FEFBF7
20%#f3d7ac33#FDF7EE
40%#f3d7ac66#FAEFDE
60%#f3d7ac99#F8E7CD
80%#f3d7accc#F5DFBD

Gradients from #f3d7ac

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBF1E2, #f3d7ac 45%, #6F4A10);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f3d7ac, #CEEF91);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f3d7ac, #ACC8F3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDF9F2 0%, #f3d7ac 45%, #6F4A10 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF8F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F9D9D9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EEF7C7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6F4A10 0%, transparent 65%), #f3d7ac;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f3d7ac

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#f3d7ac in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 15.13:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#f3d7ac, answered

What color is #f3d7ac?

#f3d7ac is a light vivid orange, closest to Wheat (ΔE2000 2.2). It sits at 36° on the hue wheel with 75% saturation and 81% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f3d7ac?

rgb(243, 215, 172) — 243 red, 215 green and 172 blue out of 255, or 95.3% / 84.3% / 67.5% by channel.

What is #f3d7ac in HSL and HSV?

hsl(36, 75%, 81%) and hsv(36, 29%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f3d7ac a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7063 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 15.13:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f3d7ac?

Black. It scores 15.13:1 against #f3d7ac, versus 1.39:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f3d7ac accessible on a white background?

#f3d7ac on white scores 1.39:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #A26B17 to reach 4.5:1, or #764E11 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f3d7ac?

#ACC8F3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #ACECF3 and #B4ACF3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f3d7ac?

For interface work: #FAF8F4 as the surface, #EDDBC0 for borders, #9B7B4B for secondary text, #167DB6 as an accent and #6F4A10 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F3B4AC and #ECF3AC stays calm, while #ACC8F3 is the loudest partner.

What is #f3d7ac in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 12%, 29%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f3d7ac warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 5 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F3CDAC; nudged cooler, #F4F2AB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f3d7ac?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 17.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f3d7ac as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f3d7ac in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f3d7ac] or text-[#f3d7ac], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #f3d7ac with 50% opacity?

rgba(243, 215, 172, 0.5), or #f3d7ac80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F9EBD6; over black, #7A6C56.

Is #f3d7ac a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCC99, ΔE2000 6.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f3d7ac mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f3d7ac?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBF1E2, #f3d7ac 45%, #6F4A10). For more colour, a short hue run to #CEEF91 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f3d7ac in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f3d7ac at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.