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#fedac2

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

Token name suggestion: Chalk Clay

RGB
254, 218, 194
HSL
24°, 97%, 88%
CMYK
0, 14, 24, 0
Luminance
0.7511

#fedac2 is a pale electric orange, 24° on the wheel and 3/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.02:1). As text it scores 1.31:1 on white — use #C85203 instead. Nearest name is Peach Puff, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(24 97% 88%)rgb(254 218 194)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fedac2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fedac2
Hue
24°
orange
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
88%
pale
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
89%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7511
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
3/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.02:1
Closest name
Peach Puff
ΔE2000 3.2
Chroma
18.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.912
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 22.8
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue24° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness88%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fedac2.

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
Red28%
Green67%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#fedac2
HEX (8-digit)#fedac2ff
RGBrgb(254, 218, 194)
RGBArgba(254, 218, 194, 1)
HSLhsl(24, 97%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24, 24%, 100%)
HWBhwb(24 76% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 24%, 0%)
LABlab(89.5 8.9 16.4)
LCHlch(89.5 18.7 61.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.912 0.051 55.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(75.68, 75.11, 61.54)
Decimal16702146
Display P3color(display-p3 0.996 0.855 0.761)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fedac2;
background-color: #fedac2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fedac2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fedac2] bg-[#fedac2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fedac2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.996, green: 0.855, blue: 0.761)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.996, green: 0.855, blue: 0.761, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FEDAC2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFEDAC2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFEDAC2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(194, 218, 254)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(254, 218, 194)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(254, 218, 194)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 254, 218, 194)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9961f, 0.8549f, 0.7608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{254,218,194}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fedac2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fedac2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7D3302, #EEDED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fedac2 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: #FDF6F1;
  --brand-100: #FCEDE4;
  --brand-200: #fedac2;
  --brand-300: #FDBC91;
  --brand-400: #FC9B59;
  --brand-500: #FB7922;
  --brand-600: #F16304;
  --brand-700: #C95203;
  --brand-800: #A14203;
  --brand-900: #743207;
  --brand-950: #481F04;
  --brand: #fedac2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD2C0;
  --brand-hover: #FDC59F;
  --brand-pressed: #FDAF7C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241A14;
    --brand-ink: #EEDED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF6F1',
        100: '#FCEDE4',
        200: '#fedac2',
        300: '#FDBC91',
        400: '#FC9B59',
        500: '#FB7922',
        600: '#F16304',
        700: '#C95203',
        800: '#A14203',
        900: '#743207',
        950: '#481F04',
        DEFAULT: '#fedac2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF6F1,
  '100': #FCEDE4,
  '200': #fedac2,
  '300': #FDBC91,
  '400': #FC9B59,
  '500': #FB7922,
  '600': #F16304,
  '700': #C95203,
  '800': #A14203,
  '900': #743207,
  '950': #481F04,
);
$brand-base: #fedac2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF6F1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCEDE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#fedac2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FDBC91", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FC9B59", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FB7922", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F16304", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C95203", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A14203", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#743207", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#481F04", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fedac2 · 16.02:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.02:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fedac2 as text scores 1.31:1 on white and 16.02:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7D3302 at 6.83:1.

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
#C85203 · 4.50:1
AA on white−48% L
#C85203
The quick fox
#963D02 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−58% L
#963D02
The quick fox
#fedac2 · 16.02:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fedac2
The quick fox
#fedac2 · 16.02:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fedac2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #FA6604 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
#fedac2 on white: 1.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fedac2 on black: 16.02:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fedac2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fedac2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.31:1AaAa
Slate 501.25:1AaAa
Slate 1001.20:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.96:1AaAa
Slate 5003.63:1AaAa
Slate 6005.78:1AaAa
Slate 7007.90:1AaAa
Slate 80011.16:1AaAa
Slate 90013.62:1AaAa
Black16.02:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E4DCC0
deuteranopia · #EDE4C2
tritanopia · #FFD3D3

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. #fedac2 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF6F1
#FCEDE4
#fedac2
#FDBC91
#FC9B59
#FB7922
#F16304
#C95203
#A14203
#743207
#481F04
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FDF6F1Darkest = 950 · #481F04Text 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 0.013 55.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.021 55.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.031 55.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.040 55.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.047 55.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.051 55.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.051 55.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.048 55.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.043 55.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.036 55.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.028 55.7);
}

Colors that work with #fedac2

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#9B6B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#00AECC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7D3302
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFF0E6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241A14
Dark-mode background
Hover#FDC59F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FDAF7C
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F4F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFE6D5
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 #fedac2

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 #7D3302
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #FA6604

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 high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight12/100
  • 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#C2E6FE
Analogous left#FEC2C8
Analogous right#FEF8C2
Split-complement 1#C2FEF8
Split-complement 2#C2C8FE
Triadic 1#C2FEDA
Triadic 2#DAC2FE
Tetradic#C8FEC2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°24°

#fedac2 sits at 24°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.6%
Green85.5%
Blue76.1%
R · 0–255
254
0xfe
G · 0–255
218
0xda
B · 0–255
194
0xc2

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta14.2%
Yellow23.6%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 38%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fedac2 text on a black background

contrast 16.02:1

Card sample

#fedac2 text on a white background

contrast 1.31:1

Card sample

#fedac2 on grey

1.20:1

#fedac2 on its own surface

1.23:1

#fedac2 on its dark surface

13.00:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fedac2;
Background color
Panel with #fedac2 background
background-color: #fedac2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fedac2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(254, 218, 194, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(254, 218, 194, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fedac2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fedac2, #FAFEC2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fedac2, #EBFEC2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fedac2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fedac2;
caret-color: #fedac2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fedac2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFF0E6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fedac2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fedac2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fedac2 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, 218, 194, 0.5)
rgb(254 218 194 / 50%)
#fedac280
hsl(24 97% 88% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fedac2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fedac21a#FFFBF9
20%#fedac233#FFF8F3
40%#fedac266#FFF0E7
60%#fedac299#FEE9DA
80%#fedac2cc#FEE1CE

Gradients from #fedac2

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, #FFF3EB, #fedac2 45%, #7D3302);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fedac2, #F0FEA4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fedac2, #C2E6FE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FFF6F0 0%, #fedac2 45%, #7D3302 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%, #FFF4F6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FEFEE0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7D3302 0%, transparent 65%), #fedac2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fedac2

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.

#fedac2 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 16.02:1.

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.

#fedac2, answered

What color is #fedac2?

#fedac2 is a pale electric orange, closest to Peach Puff (ΔE2000 3.2). It sits at 24° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 88% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fedac2?

rgb(254, 218, 194) — 254 red, 218 green and 194 blue out of 255, or 99.6% / 85.5% / 76.1% by channel.

What is #fedac2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(24, 97%, 88%) and hsv(24, 24%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fedac2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7511 and perceived brightness is 89%, so black text on it reaches 16.02:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fedac2?

Black. It scores 16.02:1 against #fedac2, versus 1.31:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fedac2 accessible on a white background?

#fedac2 on white scores 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C85203 to reach 4.5:1, or #963D02 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fedac2?

#C2E6FE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C2FEF8 and #C2C8FE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fedac2?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD2C0 for borders, #9B6B4B for secondary text, #00AECC as an accent and #7D3302 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FEC2C8 and #FEF8C2 stays calm, while #C2E6FE is the loudest partner.

What is #fedac2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 14%, 24%, 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 #fedac2 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 #FEEADB; nudged cooler, #FFC3C1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fedac2?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 22.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fedac2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fedac2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fedac2] or text-[#fedac2], 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 #fedac2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(254, 218, 194, 0.5), or #fedac280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFEDE1; over black, #7F6D61.

Is #fedac2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 12.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fedac2 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 #fedac2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFF3EB, #fedac2 45%, #7D3302). For more colour, a short hue run to #F0FEA4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fedac2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fedac2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.