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#feba6f

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Clay

RGB
254, 186, 111
HSL
32°, 99%, 72%
CMYK
0, 27, 56, 0
Luminance
0.5734

#feba6f is a light electric orange, 32° on the wheel and 1/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.47:1). As text it scores 1.68:1 on white — use #B45F01 instead. Nearest name is Sandy Brown, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(32 99% 72%)rgb(254 186 111)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #feba6f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#feba6f
Hue
32°
orange
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5734
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
1/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
12.47:1
Closest name
Sandy Brown
ΔE2000 6.2
Chroma
50.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.837
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 9.5
Web-safe
#FFCC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue32° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness72%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #feba6f.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool1% 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
Red37%
Green61%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#feba6f
HEX (8-digit)#feba6fff
RGBrgb(254, 186, 111)
RGBArgba(254, 186, 111, 1)
HSLhsl(32, 99%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31, 56%, 100%)
HWBhwb(32 44% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 56%, 0%)
LABlab(80.4 16.6 47.3)
LCHlch(80.4 50.1 70.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.837 0.121 67.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(61.30, 57.34, 22.87)
Decimal16693871
Display P3color(display-p3 0.996 0.729 0.435)
Web-safe#FFCC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #feba6f;
background-color: #feba6f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #feba6f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#feba6f] bg-[#feba6f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #feba6f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.996, green: 0.729, blue: 0.435)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.996, green: 0.729, blue: 0.435, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FEBA6F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFEBA6F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFEBA6F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(111, 186, 254)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(254, 186, 111)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(254, 186, 111)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 254, 186, 111)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9961f, 0.7294f, 0.4353f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{254,186,111}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #feba6f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #feba6f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7F4301, #EEE1D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #feba6f 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: #FEF8F1;
  --brand-100: #FCF0E3;
  --brand-200: #FBDFC0;
  --brand-300: #FECA90;
  --brand-400: #feba6f;
  --brand-500: #FD9420;
  --brand-600: #F38002;
  --brand-700: #CB6B01;
  --brand-800: #A25601;
  --brand-900: #754006;
  --brand-950: #492804;
  --brand: #feba6f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF8F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD7C0;
  --brand-hover: #FEA94C;
  --brand-pressed: #FD9828;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241C14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE1D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FEF8F1',
        100: '#FCF0E3',
        200: '#FBDFC0',
        300: '#FECA90',
        400: '#feba6f',
        500: '#FD9420',
        600: '#F38002',
        700: '#CB6B01',
        800: '#A25601',
        900: '#754006',
        950: '#492804',
        DEFAULT: '#feba6f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FEF8F1,
  '100': #FCF0E3,
  '200': #FBDFC0,
  '300': #FECA90,
  '400': #feba6f,
  '500': #FD9420,
  '600': #F38002,
  '700': #CB6B01,
  '800': #A25601,
  '900': #754006,
  '950': #492804,
);
$brand-base: #feba6f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FEF8F1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCF0E3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBDFC0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FECA90", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#feba6f", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FD9420", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F38002", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#CB6B01", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A25601", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#754006", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#492804", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #feba6f · 12.47:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.68:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.47:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #feba6f as text scores 1.68:1 on white and 12.47:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7F4301 at 4.61:1.

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
#B45F01 · 4.59:1
AA on white−36% L
#B45F01
The quick fox
#874701 · 7.16:1
AAA on white−45% L
#874701
The quick fox
#feba6f · 12.47:1
AA on blackalready passes
#feba6f
The quick fox
#feba6f · 12.47:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#feba6f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E27702 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
#feba6f on white: 1.68:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#feba6f on black: 12.47:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #feba6f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #feba6f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.68:1AaAa
Slate 501.61:1AaAa
Slate 1001.54:1AaAa
Slate 2001.37:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.52:1AaAa
Slate 5002.83:1AaAa
Slate 6004.50:1AaAa
Slate 7006.15:1AaAa
Slate 8008.68:1AaAa
Slate 90010.60:1AaAa
Black12.47:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D1BE68
deuteranopia · #E1CE70
tritanopia · #FFAAA8

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. #feba6f 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.

#FEF8F1
#FCF0E3
#FBDFC0
#FECA90
#feba6f
#FD9420
#F38002
#CB6B01
#A25601
#754006
#492804
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FEF8F1Darkest = 950 · #492804Text 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 0.030 67.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.048 67.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.073 67.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.094 67.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.111 67.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.121 67.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.121 67.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.114 67.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.102 67.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.085 67.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.067 67.6);
}

Colors that work with #feba6f

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#EDD7C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B754B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0094CC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7F4301
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFF3E6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241C14
Dark-mode background
Hover#FEA94C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FD9828
Two steps down
Disabled#F2EFEB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFC483
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 #feba6f

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 #7F4301
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E27702

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
  • Weight28/100
  • 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#6FB3FE
Analogous left#FE736F
Analogous right#FAFE6F
Split-complement 1#6FFAFE
Split-complement 2#736FFE
Triadic 1#6FFEBA
Triadic 2#BA6FFE
Tetradic#6FFE73
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°32°

#feba6f sits at 32°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.6%
Green72.9%
Blue43.5%
R · 0–255
254
0xfe
G · 0–255
186
0xba
B · 0–255
111
0x6f

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta26.8%
Yellow56.3%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 84%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#feba6f text on a black background

contrast 12.47:1

Card sample

#feba6f text on a white background

contrast 1.68:1

Card sample

#feba6f on grey

1.54:1

#feba6f on its own surface

1.59:1

#feba6f on its dark surface

9.96:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #feba6f;
Background color
Panel with #feba6f background
background-color: #feba6f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #feba6f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(254, 186, 111, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(254, 186, 111, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #feba6f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #feba6f, #E3FE6F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feba6f, #BFFE6F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #feba6f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #feba6f;
caret-color: #feba6f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #feba6f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFF3E6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #feba6f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#feba6f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #feba6f 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(254, 186, 111, 0.5)
rgb(254 186 111 / 50%)
#feba6f80
hsl(32 99% 72% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #feba6f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#feba6f1a#FFF8F1
20%#feba6f33#FFF1E2
40%#feba6f66#FFE3C5
60%#feba6f99#FED6A9
80%#feba6fcc#FEC88C

Gradients from #feba6f

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, #FED7AC, #feba6f 45%, #7F4301);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #feba6f, #CEFE51);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feba6f, #6FB3FE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FFE6CA 0%, #feba6f 45%, #7F4301 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%, #FEA2A7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F2FE8E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7F4301 0%, transparent 65%), #feba6f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #feba6f

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.

#feba6f 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 12.47:1.

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.

#feba6f, answered

What color is #feba6f?

#feba6f is a light electric orange, closest to Sandy Brown (ΔE2000 6.2). It sits at 32° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #feba6f?

rgb(254, 186, 111) — 254 red, 186 green and 111 blue out of 255, or 99.6% / 72.9% / 43.5% by channel.

What is #feba6f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(32, 99%, 72%) and hsv(31, 56%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #feba6f a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5734 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 12.47:1.

Should I use black or white text on #feba6f?

Black. It scores 12.47:1 against #feba6f, versus 1.68:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #feba6f accessible on a white background?

#feba6f on white scores 1.68:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B45F01 to reach 4.5:1, or #874701 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #feba6f?

#6FB3FE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6FFAFE and #736FFE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #feba6f?

For interface work: #FAF8F4 as the surface, #EDD7C0 for borders, #9B754B for secondary text, #0094CC as an accent and #7F4301 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FE736F and #FAFE6F stays calm, while #6FB3FE is the loudest partner.

What is #feba6f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 27%, 56%, 0%). 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 #feba6f warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 1 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FEBF88; nudged cooler, #FF856E.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #feba6f?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 9.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #feba6f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #feba6f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#feba6f] or text-[#feba6f], 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 #feba6f with 50% opacity?

rgba(254, 186, 111, 0.5), or #feba6f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFDDB7; over black, #7F5D38.

Is #feba6f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCC66, ΔE2000 8.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #feba6f 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 #feba6f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FED7AC, #feba6f 45%, #7F4301). For more colour, a short hue run to #CEFE51 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #feba6f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #feba6f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.