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orange · warm

#f7af7c

a light, electric orange · warm · closest name: Sandy Brown

Token name suggestion: Morning Marmalade

RGB
247, 175, 124
HSL
25°, 89%, 73%
CMYK
0, 29, 50, 3
Luminance
0.5189

#f7af7c is a light electric orange, 25° on the wheel and 3/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.38:1). As text it scores 1.85:1 on white — use #BF560C instead. Nearest name is Sandy Brown, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(25 89% 73%)rgb(247 175 124)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f7af7c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f7af7c
Hue
25°
orange
Saturation
89%
electric
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
76%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5189
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
3/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
11.38:1
Closest name
Sandy Brown
ΔE2000 4.4
Chroma
42.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.811
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 13.2
Web-safe
#FF9966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue25° of 360°
Saturation89%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f7af7c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool3% 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
Red38%
Green59%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#f7af7c
HEX (8-digit)#f7af7cff
RGBrgb(247, 175, 124)
RGBArgba(247, 175, 124, 1)
HSLhsl(25, 89%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(25, 50%, 97%)
HWBhwb(25 49% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29%, 50%, 3%)
LABlab(77.2 20.7 36.5)
LCHlch(77.2 42.0 60.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.811 0.107 55.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(57.33, 51.89, 26.06)
Decimal16232316
Display P3color(display-p3 0.969 0.686 0.486)
Web-safe#FF9966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f7af7c;
background-color: #f7af7c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f7af7c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f7af7c] bg-[#f7af7c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f7af7c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.969, green: 0.686, blue: 0.486)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.969, green: 0.686, blue: 0.486, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F7AF7C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF7AF7C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF7AF7C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(124, 175, 247)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(247, 175, 124)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(247, 175, 124)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 247, 175, 124)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9686f, 0.6863f, 0.4863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{247,175,124}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f7af7c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f7af7c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#783607, #EEDED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f7af7c 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: #FAEEE5;
  --brand-200: #F8D9C4;
  --brand-300: #f7af7c;
  --brand-400: #F59E60;
  --brand-500: #F27E2C;
  --brand-600: #E7680E;
  --brand-700: #C0570C;
  --brand-800: #9A4509;
  --brand-900: #6F350B;
  --brand-950: #452107;
  --brand: #f7af7c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD2C0;
  --brand-hover: #F59A5A;
  --brand-pressed: #F38638;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241B14;
    --brand-ink: #EEDED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF6F2',
        100: '#FAEEE5',
        200: '#F8D9C4',
        300: '#f7af7c',
        400: '#F59E60',
        500: '#F27E2C',
        600: '#E7680E',
        700: '#C0570C',
        800: '#9A4509',
        900: '#6F350B',
        950: '#452107',
        DEFAULT: '#f7af7c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF6F2,
  '100': #FAEEE5,
  '200': #F8D9C4,
  '300': #f7af7c,
  '400': #F59E60,
  '500': #F27E2C,
  '600': #E7680E,
  '700': #C0570C,
  '800': #9A4509,
  '900': #6F350B,
  '950': #452107,
);
$brand-base: #f7af7c;
$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": "#FAEEE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F8D9C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#f7af7c", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F59E60", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F27E2C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E7680E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C0570C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9A4509", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6F350B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#452107", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f7af7c · 11.38:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.85:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.38:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f7af7c as text scores 1.85:1 on white and 11.38:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #783607 at 4.88:1.

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
#BF560C · 4.61:1
AA on white−33% L
#BF560C
The quick fox
#8F4009 · 7.23:1
AAA on white−43% L
#8F4009
The quick fox
#f7af7c · 11.38:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f7af7c
The quick fox
#f7af7c · 11.38:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f7af7c

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F16E12 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
#f7af7c on white: 1.85:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f7af7c on black: 11.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f7af7c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f7af7c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.85:1AaAa
Slate 501.76:1AaAa
Slate 1001.68:1AaAa
Slate 2001.50:1AaAa
Slate 3001.24:1AaAa
Slate 4001.39:1AaAa
Slate 5002.58:1AaAa
Slate 6004.11:1AaAa
Slate 7005.61:1AaAa
Slate 8007.93:1AaAa
Slate 9009.67:1AaAa
Black11.38:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C4B578
deuteranopia · #D5C57C
tritanopia · #FFA1A2

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. #f7af7c 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.

#FDF6F2
#FAEEE5
#F8D9C4
#f7af7c
#F59E60
#F27E2C
#E7680E
#C0570C
#9A4509
#6F350B
#452107
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FDF6F2Darkest = 950 · #452107Text 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 0.027 55.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.043 55.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.065 55.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.084 55.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.099 55.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.107 55.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.107 55.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.101 55.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.090 55.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.075 55.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.059 55.9);
}

Colors that work with #f7af7c

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#FAF7F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDD2C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B6C4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#07A6C5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#783607
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEF0E7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241B14
Dark-mode background
Hover#F59A5A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F38638
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F1EF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FEBA89
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f7af7c

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 #783607
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F16E12

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
  • Weight27/100
  • 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#7CC4F7
Analogous left#F77C86
Analogous right#F7ED7C
Split-complement 1#7CF7ED
Split-complement 2#7C86F7
Triadic 1#7CF7AF
Triadic 2#AF7CF7
Tetradic#86F77C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°25°

#f7af7c sits at 25°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.9%
Green68.6%
Blue48.6%
R · 0–255
247
0xf7
G · 0–255
175
0xaf
B · 0–255
124
0x7c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta29.1%
Yellow49.8%
Key (black)3.1%

Total ink coverage is 82%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f7af7c text on a black background

contrast 11.38:1

Card sample

#f7af7c text on a white background

contrast 1.85:1

Card sample

#f7af7c on grey

1.68:1

#f7af7c on its own surface

1.73:1

#f7af7c on its dark surface

9.16:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f7af7c;
Background color
Panel with #f7af7c background
background-color: #f7af7c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f7af7c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(247, 175, 124, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(247, 175, 124, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f7af7c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f7af7c, #EDF77C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7af7c, #CEF77C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f7af7c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f7af7c;
caret-color: #f7af7c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f7af7c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEF0E7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f7af7c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f7af7c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f7af7c 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(247, 175, 124, 0.5)
rgb(247 175 124 / 50%)
#f7af7c80
hsl(25 89% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f7af7c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f7af7c1a#FEF7F2
20%#f7af7c33#FDEFE5
40%#f7af7c66#FCDFCB
60%#f7af7c99#FACFB0
80%#f7af7ccc#F9BF96

Gradients from #f7af7c

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, #FBD2B5, #f7af7c 45%, #783607);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f7af7c, #DCF55F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7af7c, #7CC4F7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCE4D2 0%, #f7af7c 45%, #783607 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF7F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FAACB9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F9F999 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #783607 0%, transparent 65%), #f7af7c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f7af7c

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.

#f7af7c 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 11.38:1.

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.

#f7af7c, answered

What color is #f7af7c?

#f7af7c is a light electric orange, closest to Sandy Brown (ΔE2000 4.4). It sits at 25° on the hue wheel with 89% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f7af7c?

rgb(247, 175, 124) — 247 red, 175 green and 124 blue out of 255, or 96.9% / 68.6% / 48.6% by channel.

What is #f7af7c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(25, 89%, 73%) and hsv(25, 50%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f7af7c a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5189 and perceived brightness is 76%, so black text on it reaches 11.38:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f7af7c?

Black. It scores 11.38:1 against #f7af7c, versus 1.85:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f7af7c accessible on a white background?

#f7af7c on white scores 1.85:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BF560C to reach 4.5:1, or #8F4009 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f7af7c?

#7CC4F7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7CF7ED and #7C86F7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f7af7c?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD2C0 for borders, #9B6C4B for secondary text, #07A6C5 as an accent and #783607 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F77C86 and #F7ED7C stays calm, while #7CC4F7 is the loudest partner.

What is #f7af7c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 29%, 50%, 3%). 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 #f7af7c warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 3 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F8BE94; nudged cooler, #F8807A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f7af7c?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 13.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f7af7c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f7af7c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f7af7c] or text-[#f7af7c], 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 #f7af7c with 50% opacity?

rgba(247, 175, 124, 0.5), or #f7af7c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBD7BE; over black, #7C583E.

Is #f7af7c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF9966, ΔE2000 7.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f7af7c 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 #f7af7c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBD2B5, #f7af7c 45%, #783607). For more colour, a short hue run to #DCF55F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f7af7c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f7af7c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.