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#fac39c

a light, electric orange · warm · closest name: Peach Puff

Token name suggestion: Morning Marmalade

RGB
250, 195, 156
HSL
25°, 90%, 80%
CMYK
0, 22, 38, 2
Luminance
0.6175

#fac39c is a light electric orange, 25° on the wheel and 3/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.35:1). As text it scores 1.57:1 on white — use #C0550A instead. Nearest name is Peach Puff, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(25 90% 80%)rgb(250 195 156)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fac39c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fac39c
Hue
25°
orange
Saturation
90%
electric
Lightness
80%
light
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
82%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6175
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
3/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
13.35:1
Closest name
Peach Puff
ΔE2000 6.5
Chroma
30.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.857
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 17
Web-safe
#FFCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue25° of 360°
Saturation90%
Lightness80%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fac39c.

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
Red33%
Green63%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#fac39c
HEX (8-digit)#fac39cff
RGBrgb(250, 195, 156)
RGBArgba(250, 195, 156, 1)
HSLhsl(25, 90%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(25, 38%, 98%)
HWBhwb(25 61% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22%, 38%, 2%)
LABlab(82.8 14.6 27.1)
LCHlch(82.8 30.8 61.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.857 0.082 56.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(64.94, 61.76, 39.95)
Decimal16434076
Display P3color(display-p3 0.980 0.765 0.612)
Web-safe#FFCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fac39c;
background-color: #fac39c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fac39c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fac39c] bg-[#fac39c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fac39c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.980, green: 0.765, blue: 0.612)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.980, green: 0.765, blue: 0.612, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FAC39C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFAC39C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFAC39C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(156, 195, 250)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(250, 195, 156)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(250, 195, 156)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 250, 195, 156)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9804f, 0.7647f, 0.6118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{250,195,156}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fac39c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fac39c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#793606, #EEDED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fac39c 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: #FBEEE5;
  --brand-200: #F9D9C3;
  --brand-300: #fac39c;
  --brand-400: #F79E5F;
  --brand-500: #F47E29;
  --brand-600: #E9680C;
  --brand-700: #C2560A;
  --brand-800: #9B4508;
  --brand-900: #70350A;
  --brand-950: #462106;
  --brand: #fac39c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD2C0;
  --brand-hover: #F8AE7A;
  --brand-pressed: #F79A58;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241B14;
    --brand-ink: #EEDED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF6F2',
        100: '#FBEEE5',
        200: '#F9D9C3',
        300: '#fac39c',
        400: '#F79E5F',
        500: '#F47E29',
        600: '#E9680C',
        700: '#C2560A',
        800: '#9B4508',
        900: '#70350A',
        950: '#462106',
        DEFAULT: '#fac39c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF6F2,
  '100': #FBEEE5,
  '200': #F9D9C3,
  '300': #fac39c,
  '400': #F79E5F,
  '500': #F47E29,
  '600': #E9680C,
  '700': #C2560A,
  '800': #9B4508,
  '900': #70350A,
  '950': #462106,
);
$brand-base: #fac39c;
$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": "#FBEEE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F9D9C3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#fac39c", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F79E5F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F47E29", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E9680C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C2560A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9B4508", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#70350A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#462106", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fac39c · 13.35:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.57:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.35:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fac39c as text scores 1.57:1 on white and 13.35:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #793606 at 5.70:1.

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
#C0550A · 4.62:1
AA on white−40% L
#C0550A
The quick fox
#904007 · 7.19:1
AAA on white−50% L
#904007
The quick fox
#fac39c · 13.35:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fac39c
The quick fox
#fac39c · 13.35:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fac39c

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F16B0C 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
#fac39c on white: 1.57:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fac39c on black: 13.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fac39c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fac39c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.57:1AaAa
Slate 501.50:1AaAa
Slate 1001.44:1AaAa
Slate 2001.28:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.63:1AaAa
Slate 5003.03:1AaAa
Slate 6004.82:1AaAa
Slate 7006.58:1AaAa
Slate 8009.30:1AaAa
Slate 90011.35:1AaAa
Black13.35:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D3C799
deuteranopia · #E0D39C
tritanopia · #FFB8B9

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. #fac39c 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
#FBEEE5
#F9D9C3
#fac39c
#F79E5F
#F47E29
#E9680C
#C2560A
#9B4508
#70350A
#462106
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FDF6F2Darkest = 950 · #462106Text 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 0.020 56.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.033 56.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.049 56.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.064 56.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.075 56.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.082 56.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.082 56.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.077 56.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.069 56.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.057 56.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.045 56.7);
}

Colors that work with #fac39c

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#06A7C6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#793606
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEF0E7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241B14
Dark-mode background
Hover#F8AE7A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F79A58
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F4F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFCEAB
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 #fac39c

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 #793606
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F16B0C

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
  • Weight20/100
  • 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#9CD3FA
Analogous left#FA9CA4
Analogous right#FAF29C
Split-complement 1#9CFAF2
Split-complement 2#9CA4FA
Triadic 1#9CFAC3
Triadic 2#C39CFA
Tetradic#A4FA9C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°25°

#fac39c sits at 25°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.0%
Green76.5%
Blue61.2%
R · 0–255
250
0xfa
G · 0–255
195
0xc3
B · 0–255
156
0x9c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta22.0%
Yellow37.6%
Key (black)2.0%

Total ink coverage is 62%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fac39c text on a black background

contrast 13.35:1

Card sample

#fac39c text on a white background

contrast 1.57:1

Card sample

#fac39c on grey

1.44:1

#fac39c on its own surface

1.47:1

#fac39c on its dark surface

10.75:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fac39c;
Background color
Panel with #fac39c background
background-color: #fac39c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fac39c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(250, 195, 156, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(250, 195, 156, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fac39c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fac39c, #F2FA9C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fac39c, #DBFA9C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fac39c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fac39c;
caret-color: #fac39c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fac39c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEF0E7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fac39c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fac39c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fac39c 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(250, 195, 156, 0.5)
rgb(250 195 156 / 50%)
#fac39c80
hsl(25 90% 80% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fac39c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fac39c1a#FFF9F5
20%#fac39c33#FEF3EB
40%#fac39c66#FDE7D7
60%#fac39c99#FCDBC4
80%#fac39ccc#FBCFB0

Gradients from #fac39c

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, #FDE6D6, #fac39c 45%, #793606);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fac39c, #E4F97F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fac39c, #9CD3FA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEF6F0 0%, #fac39c 45%, #793606 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%, #FCCDD5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FBFBB9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #793606 0%, transparent 65%), #fac39c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fac39c

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.

#fac39c 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 13.35:1.

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.

#fac39c, answered

What color is #fac39c?

#fac39c is a light electric orange, closest to Peach Puff (ΔE2000 6.5). It sits at 25° on the hue wheel with 90% saturation and 80% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fac39c?

rgb(250, 195, 156) — 250 red, 195 green and 156 blue out of 255, or 98% / 76.5% / 61.2% by channel.

What is #fac39c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(25, 90%, 80%) and hsv(25, 38%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fac39c a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6175 and perceived brightness is 82%, so black text on it reaches 13.35:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fac39c?

Black. It scores 13.35:1 against #fac39c, versus 1.57:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fac39c accessible on a white background?

#fac39c on white scores 1.57:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C0550A to reach 4.5:1, or #904007 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fac39c?

#9CD3FA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9CFAF2 and #9CA4FA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fac39c?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD2C0 for borders, #9B6C4B for secondary text, #06A7C6 as an accent and #793606 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FA9CA4 and #FAF29C stays calm, while #9CD3FA is the loudest partner.

What is #fac39c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 22%, 38%, 2%). 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 #fac39c 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 #FBD2B4; nudged cooler, #FBA09B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fac39c?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 17 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fac39c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fac39c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fac39c] or text-[#fac39c], 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 #fac39c with 50% opacity?

rgba(250, 195, 156, 0.5), or #fac39c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FDE1CE; over black, #7D624E.

Is #fac39c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCC99, ΔE2000 4.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fac39c 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 #fac39c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FDE6D6, #fac39c 45%, #793606). For more colour, a short hue run to #E4F97F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fac39c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fac39c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.