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orange · warm

#f69d6c

a light, electric orange · warm · closest name: Light Salmon

Token name suggestion: Morning Amber

RGB
246, 157, 108
HSL
21°, 89%, 69%
CMYK
0, 36, 56, 4
Luminance
0.4479

#f69d6c is a light electric orange, 21° on the wheel and 5/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.96:1). As text it scores 2.11:1 on white — use #C74E0C instead. Nearest name is Light Salmon, nearest Tailwind family is orange.

hsl(21 89% 69%)rgb(246 157 108)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f69d6c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f69d6c
Hue
21°
orange
Saturation
89%
electric
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4479
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
5/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
9.96:1
Closest name
Light Salmon
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
48.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.776
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
orange
500 · ΔE 11.2
Web-safe
#FF9966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue21° of 360°
Saturation89%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f69d6c.

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
Red44%
Green54%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#f69d6c
HEX (8-digit)#f69d6cff
RGBrgb(246, 157, 108)
RGBArgba(246, 157, 108, 1)
HSLhsl(21, 89%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(21, 56%, 96%)
HWBhwb(21 42% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36%, 56%, 4%)
LABlab(72.8 28.4 39.2)
LCHlch(72.8 48.4 54.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.776 0.124 49.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.77, 44.79, 20.05)
Decimal16162156
Display P3color(display-p3 0.965 0.616 0.424)
Web-safe#FF9966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f69d6c;
background-color: #f69d6c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f69d6c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f69d6c] bg-[#f69d6c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f69d6c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.965, green: 0.616, blue: 0.424)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.965, green: 0.616, blue: 0.424, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F69D6C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF69D6C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF69D6C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(108, 157, 246)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(246, 157, 108)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(246, 157, 108)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 246, 157, 108)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9647f, 0.6157f, 0.4235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{246,157,108}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f69d6c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f69d6c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#782F07, #EEDCD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f69d6c 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: #FDF6F2;
  --brand-100: #FAEDE5;
  --brand-200: #F8D6C4;
  --brand-300: #F9B995;
  --brand-400: #f69d6c;
  --brand-500: #F2722C;
  --brand-600: #E75B0E;
  --brand-700: #C04C0C;
  --brand-800: #9A3D09;
  --brand-900: #6F2F0B;
  --brand-950: #451D07;
  --brand: #f69d6c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD0C0;
  --brand-hover: #F4874A;
  --brand-pressed: #F27029;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241A14;
    --brand-ink: #EEDCD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF6F2',
        100: '#FAEDE5',
        200: '#F8D6C4',
        300: '#F9B995',
        400: '#f69d6c',
        500: '#F2722C',
        600: '#E75B0E',
        700: '#C04C0C',
        800: '#9A3D09',
        900: '#6F2F0B',
        950: '#451D07',
        DEFAULT: '#f69d6c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF6F2,
  '100': #FAEDE5,
  '200': #F8D6C4,
  '300': #F9B995,
  '400': #f69d6c,
  '500': #F2722C,
  '600': #E75B0E,
  '700': #C04C0C,
  '800': #9A3D09,
  '900': #6F2F0B,
  '950': #451D07,
);
$brand-base: #f69d6c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF6F2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAEDE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F8D6C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F9B995", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#f69d6c", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F2722C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E75B0E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C04C0C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9A3D09", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6F2F0B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#451D07", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f69d6c · 9.96:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.11:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.96:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f69d6c as text scores 2.11:1 on white and 9.96:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #782F07 at 4.51:1.

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
#C74E0C · 4.64:1
AA on white−28% L
#C74E0C
The quick fox
#973C09 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−38% L
#973C09
The quick fox
#f69d6c · 9.96:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f69d6c
The quick fox
#f69d6c · 9.96:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f69d6c

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F26D24 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
#f69d6c on white: 2.11:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f69d6c on black: 9.96:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f69d6c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f69d6c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.11:1AaAa
Slate 502.02:1AaAa
Slate 1001.93:1AaAa
Slate 2001.71:1AaAa
Slate 3001.42:1AaAa
Slate 4001.22:1AaAa
Slate 5002.26:1AaAa
Slate 6003.59:1AaAa
Slate 7004.91:1AaAa
Slate 8006.94:1AaAa
Slate 9008.47:1AaAa
Black9.96:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B5A768
deuteranopia · #CBBA6C
tritanopia · #FF8C91

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. #f69d6c is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF6F2
#FAEDE5
#F8D6C4
#F9B995
#f69d6c
#F2722C
#E75B0E
#C04C0C
#9A3D09
#6F2F0B
#451D07
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FDF6F2Darkest = 950 · #451D07Text step on white = 700
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 0.031 49.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.050 49.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.075 49.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.097 49.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.115 49.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.124 49.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.124 49.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.117 49.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.105 49.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.087 49.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.068 49.0);
}

Colors that work with #f69d6c

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#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDD0C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B674B
Captions on the surface
Accent#08B0C4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#782F07
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEEFE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241A14
Dark-mode background
Hover#F4874A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F27029
Two steps down
Disabled#EEE8E4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FEA878
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f69d6c

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 #782F07
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F26D24

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight31/100
  • 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#6CC5F6
Analogous left#F66C80
Analogous right#F6E26C
Split-complement 1#6CF6E2
Split-complement 2#6C80F6
Triadic 1#6CF69D
Triadic 2#9D6CF6
Tetradic#80F66C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°21°

#f69d6c sits at 21°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.5%
Green61.6%
Blue42.4%
R · 0–255
246
0xf6
G · 0–255
157
0x9d
B · 0–255
108
0x6c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta36.2%
Yellow56.1%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 96%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f69d6c text on a black background

contrast 9.96:1

Card sample

#f69d6c text on a white background

contrast 2.11:1

Card sample

#f69d6c on grey

1.93:1

#f69d6c on its own surface

1.96:1

#f69d6c on its dark surface

8.08:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f69d6c;
Background color
Panel with #f69d6c background
background-color: #f69d6c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f69d6c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(246, 157, 108, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(246, 157, 108, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f69d6c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f69d6c, #F3F66C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f69d6c, #D1F66C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f69d6c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f69d6c;
caret-color: #f69d6c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f69d6c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEEFE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f69d6c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f69d6c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f69d6c 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(246, 157, 108, 0.5)
rgb(246 157 108 / 50%)
#f69d6c80
hsl(21 89% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f69d6c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f69d6c1a#FEF5F0
20%#f69d6c33#FDEBE2
40%#f69d6c66#FBD8C4
60%#f69d6c99#FAC4A7
80%#f69d6ccc#F8B189

Gradients from #f69d6c

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, #FAC3A6, #f69d6c 45%, #782F07);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f69d6c, #E3F44F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f69d6c, #6CC5F6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBD7C2 0%, #f69d6c 45%, #782F07 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F99CB1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F8F189 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #782F07 0%, transparent 65%), #f69d6c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f69d6c

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.

#f69d6c 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 9.96:1.

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.

#f69d6c, answered

What color is #f69d6c?

#f69d6c is a light electric orange, closest to Light Salmon (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 21° on the hue wheel with 89% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f69d6c?

rgb(246, 157, 108) — 246 red, 157 green and 108 blue out of 255, or 96.5% / 61.6% / 42.4% by channel.

What is #f69d6c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(21, 89%, 69%) and hsv(21, 56%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f69d6c a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4479 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 9.96:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f69d6c?

Black. It scores 9.96:1 against #f69d6c, versus 2.11:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f69d6c accessible on a white background?

#f69d6c on white scores 2.11:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C74E0C to reach 4.5:1, or #973C09 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f69d6c?

#6CC5F6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6CF6E2 and #6C80F6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f69d6c?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDD0C0 for borders, #9B674B for secondary text, #08B0C4 as an accent and #782F07 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F66C80 and #F6E26C stays calm, while #6CC5F6 is the loudest partner.

What is #f69d6c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 36%, 56%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #f69d6c 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 #F7B284; nudged cooler, #F86A6C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f69d6c?

The orange family — its 500 step is #f97316, ΔE2000 11.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f69d6c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f69d6c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f69d6c] or text-[#f69d6c], 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 #f69d6c with 50% opacity?

rgba(246, 157, 108, 0.5), or #f69d6c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBCEB6; over black, #7B4F36.

Is #f69d6c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF9966, ΔE2000 2.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f69d6c 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 #f69d6c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAC3A6, #f69d6c 45%, #782F07). For more colour, a short hue run to #E3F44F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f69d6c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f69d6c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.