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#fd905e

a light, electric orange · warm · closest name: Coral

Token name suggestion: Drift Apricot

RGB
253, 144, 94
HSL
19°, 98%, 68%
CMYK
0, 43, 63, 1
Luminance
0.4164

#fd905e is a light electric orange, 19° on the wheel and 6/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.33:1). As text it scores 2.25:1 on white — use #D44403 instead. Nearest name is Coral, nearest Tailwind family is orange.

hsl(19 98% 68%)rgb(253 144 94)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fd905e is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fd905e
Hue
19°
orange
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4164
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
6/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
9.33:1
Closest name
Coral
ΔE2000 4.2
Chroma
57.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.761
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
orange
500 · ΔE 8.9
Web-safe
#FF9966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue19° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fd905e.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool6% 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
Red50%
Green48%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#fd905e
HEX (8-digit)#fd905eff
RGBrgb(253, 144, 94)
RGBArgba(253, 144, 94, 1)
HSLhsl(19, 98%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(19, 63%, 99%)
HWBhwb(19 37% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43%, 63%, 1%)
LABlab(70.6 36.9 44.1)
LCHlch(70.6 57.5 50.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.761 0.147 44.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.51, 41.64, 15.86)
Decimal16617566
Display P3color(display-p3 0.992 0.565 0.369)
Web-safe#FF9966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fd905e;
background-color: #fd905e;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fd905e;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fd905e] bg-[#fd905e]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fd905e;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.992, green: 0.565, blue: 0.369)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.992, green: 0.565, blue: 0.369, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FD905E</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFD905E)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFD905E)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(94, 144, 253)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(253, 144, 94)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(253, 144, 94)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 253, 144, 94)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9922f, 0.5647f, 0.3686f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{253,144,94}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fd905e 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fd905e 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7E2902, #EEDBD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fd905e 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: #FDF5F1;
  --brand-100: #FCEBE4;
  --brand-200: #FBD3C1;
  --brand-300: #FEB390;
  --brand-400: #fd905e;
  --brand-500: #FC6621;
  --brand-600: #F24E03;
  --brand-700: #C94103;
  --brand-800: #A13402;
  --brand-900: #742906;
  --brand-950: #491A04;
  --brand: #fd905e;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDCEC0;
  --brand-hover: #FD783B;
  --brand-pressed: #FC5F17;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241914;
    --brand-ink: #EEDBD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF5F1',
        100: '#FCEBE4',
        200: '#FBD3C1',
        300: '#FEB390',
        400: '#fd905e',
        500: '#FC6621',
        600: '#F24E03',
        700: '#C94103',
        800: '#A13402',
        900: '#742906',
        950: '#491A04',
        DEFAULT: '#fd905e',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF5F1,
  '100': #FCEBE4,
  '200': #FBD3C1,
  '300': #FEB390,
  '400': #fd905e,
  '500': #FC6621,
  '600': #F24E03,
  '700': #C94103,
  '800': #A13402,
  '900': #742906,
  '950': #491A04,
);
$brand-base: #fd905e;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF5F1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCEBE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBD3C1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FEB390", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#fd905e", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FC6621", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F24E03", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C94103", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A13402", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#742906", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#491A04", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fd905e · 9.33:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.25:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.33:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fd905e as text scores 2.25:1 on white and 9.33:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7E2902 at 4.23:1.

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
#D44403 · 4.54:1
AA on white−26% L
#D44403
The quick fox
#9C3302 · 7.27:1
AAA on white−37% L
#9C3302
The quick fox
#fd905e · 9.33:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fd905e
The quick fox
#fd905e · 9.33:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fd905e

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #FC631C 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
#fd905e on white: 2.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fd905e on black: 9.33:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fd905e as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fd905e.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.25:1AaAa
Slate 502.15:1AaAa
Slate 1002.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.83:1AaAa
Slate 3001.52:1AaAa
Slate 4001.14:1AaAa
Slate 5002.11:1AaAa
Slate 6003.37:1AaAa
Slate 7004.60:1AaAa
Slate 8006.50:1AaAa
Slate 9007.93:1AaAa
Black9.33:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #AD9E59
deuteranopia · #C8B65D
tritanopia · #FF7B84

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. #fd905e 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.

#FDF5F1
#FCEBE4
#FBD3C1
#FEB390
#fd905e
#FC6621
#F24E03
#C94103
#A13402
#742906
#491A04
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FDF5F1Darkest = 950 · #491A04Text 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 0.037 44.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.059 44.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.088 44.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.115 44.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.135 44.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.147 44.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.147 44.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.138 44.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.124 44.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.103 44.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.081 44.6);
}

Colors that work with #fd905e

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#EDCEC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B644B
Captions on the surface
Accent#00BECC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7E2902
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFEEE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241914
Dark-mode background
Hover#FD783B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FC5F17
Two steps down
Disabled#EBE3E0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FF9D70
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 #fd905e

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 #7E2902
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #FC631C

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
  • Weight32/100
  • 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#5ECBFD
Analogous left#FD5E7B
Analogous right#FDE05E
Split-complement 1#5EFDE0
Split-complement 2#5E7BFD
Triadic 1#5EFD90
Triadic 2#905EFD
Tetradic#7BFD5E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°19°

#fd905e sits at 19°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.2%
Green56.5%
Blue36.9%
R · 0–255
253
0xfd
G · 0–255
144
0x90
B · 0–255
94
0x5e

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta43.1%
Yellow62.8%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 107%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fd905e text on a black background

contrast 9.33:1

Card sample

#fd905e text on a white background

contrast 2.25:1

Card sample

#fd905e on grey

2.06:1

#fd905e on its own surface

2.10:1

#fd905e on its dark surface

7.62:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fd905e;
Background color
Panel with #fd905e background
background-color: #fd905e;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fd905e;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(253, 144, 94, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(253, 144, 94, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fd905e;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fd905e, #FDFA5E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fd905e, #D8FD5E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fd905e;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fd905e;
caret-color: #fd905e;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fd905e;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFEEE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fd905e;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fd905e 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fd905e 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(253, 144, 94, 0.5)
rgb(253 144 94 / 50%)
#fd905e80
hsl(19 98% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fd905e 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fd905e1a#FFF4EF
20%#fd905e33#FFE9DF
40%#fd905e66#FED3BF
60%#fd905e99#FEBC9E
80%#fd905ecc#FDA67E

Gradients from #fd905e

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, #FEBA9A, #fd905e 45%, #7E2902);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fd905e, #F0FD40);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fd905e, #5ECBFD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FECEB8 0%, #fd905e 45%, #7E2902 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%, #FE90AE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FDF07C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7E2902 0%, transparent 65%), #fd905e;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fd905e

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.

#fd905e 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 9.33:1.

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.

#fd905e, answered

What color is #fd905e?

#fd905e is a light electric orange, closest to Coral (ΔE2000 4.2). It sits at 19° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fd905e?

rgb(253, 144, 94) — 253 red, 144 green and 94 blue out of 255, or 99.2% / 56.5% / 36.9% by channel.

What is #fd905e in HSL and HSV?

hsl(19, 98%, 68%) and hsv(19, 63%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fd905e a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4164 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 9.33:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fd905e?

Black. It scores 9.33:1 against #fd905e, versus 2.25:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fd905e accessible on a white background?

#fd905e on white scores 2.25:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #D44403 to reach 4.5:1, or #9C3302 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fd905e?

#5ECBFD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #5EFDE0 and #5E7BFD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fd905e?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDCEC0 for borders, #9B644B for secondary text, #00BECC as an accent and #7E2902 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FD5E7B and #FDE05E stays calm, while #5ECBFD is the loudest partner.

What is #fd905e in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 43%, 63%, 1%). 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 #fd905e warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 6 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FDAA77; nudged cooler, #FF5C65.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fd905e?

The orange family — its 500 step is #f97316, ΔE2000 8.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fd905e as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fd905e in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fd905e] or text-[#fd905e], 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 #fd905e with 50% opacity?

rgba(253, 144, 94, 0.5), or #fd905e80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FEC8AF; over black, #7F482F.

Is #fd905e 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 #fd905e 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 #fd905e?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEBA9A, #fd905e 45%, #7E2902). For more colour, a short hue run to #F0FD40 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fd905e in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fd905e at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.