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#feefe0

a pale, electric orange · warm · closest name: Antique White

Token name suggestion: Whisper Marmalade

RGB
254, 239, 224
HSL
30°, 94%, 94%
CMYK
0, 6, 12, 0
Luminance
0.8819

#feefe0 is a pale electric orange, 30° on the wheel and 0/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.64:1). As text it scores 1.13:1 on white — use #B55E06 instead. Nearest name is Antique White, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(30 94% 94%)rgb(254 239 224)Base step 100AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #feefe0 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#feefe0
Hue
30°
orange
Saturation
94%
electric
Lightness
94%
pale
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
95%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8819
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
0/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.64:1
Closest name
Antique White
ΔE2000 2.3
Chroma
9.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.960
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 26.6
Web-safe
#FFFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue30° of 360°
Saturation94%
Lightness94%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #feefe0.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool0% 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
Red24%
Green70%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#feefe0
HEX (8-digit)#feefe0ff
RGBrgb(254, 239, 224)
RGBArgba(254, 239, 224, 1)
HSLhsl(30, 94%, 94%)
HSV / HSBhsv(30, 12%, 100%)
HWBhwb(30 88% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 12%, 0%)
LABlab(95.2 2.6 9.1)
LCHlch(95.2 9.4 73.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.960 0.026 67.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(85.19, 88.19, 83.04)
Decimal16707552
Display P3color(display-p3 0.996 0.937 0.878)
Web-safe#FFFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #feefe0;
background-color: #feefe0;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #feefe0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#feefe0] bg-[#feefe0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #feefe0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.996, green: 0.937, blue: 0.878)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.996, green: 0.937, blue: 0.878, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FEEFE0</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFEEFE0)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFEEFE0)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(224, 239, 254)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(254, 239, 224)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(254, 239, 224)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 254, 239, 224)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9961f, 0.9373f, 0.8784f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{254,239,224}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #feefe0 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #feefe0 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7C4004, #EEE0D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #feefe0 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: #FDF7F2;
  --brand-100: #feefe0;
  --brand-200: #FADEC2;
  --brand-300: #FCC792;
  --brand-400: #FAAB5C;
  --brand-500: #F88F26;
  --brand-600: #ED7A08;
  --brand-700: #C66606;
  --brand-800: #9E5205;
  --brand-900: #723D08;
  --brand-950: #472605;
  --brand: #feefe0;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD6C0;
  --brand-hover: #FDDDBD;
  --brand-pressed: #FCCB9B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241C14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE0D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF7F2',
        100: '#feefe0',
        200: '#FADEC2',
        300: '#FCC792',
        400: '#FAAB5C',
        500: '#F88F26',
        600: '#ED7A08',
        700: '#C66606',
        800: '#9E5205',
        900: '#723D08',
        950: '#472605',
        DEFAULT: '#feefe0',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF7F2,
  '100': #feefe0,
  '200': #FADEC2,
  '300': #FCC792,
  '400': #FAAB5C,
  '500': #F88F26,
  '600': #ED7A08,
  '700': #C66606,
  '800': #9E5205,
  '900': #723D08,
  '950': #472605,
);
$brand-base: #feefe0;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF7F2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#feefe0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FADEC2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FCC792", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FAAB5C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F88F26", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#ED7A08", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C66606", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9E5205", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#723D08", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#472605", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #feefe0 · 18.64:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.13:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.64:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #feefe0 as text scores 1.13:1 on white and 18.64:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7C4004 at 7.19:1.

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
#B55E06 · 4.60:1
AA on white−57% L
#B55E06
The quick fox
#894704 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−66% L
#894704
The quick fox
#feefe0 · 18.64:1
AA on blackalready passes
#feefe0
The quick fox
#feefe0 · 18.64:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#feefe0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E27507 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
#feefe0 on white: 1.13:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#feefe0 on black: 18.64:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #feefe0 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #feefe0.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.13:1AaAa
Slate 501.08:1AaAa
Slate 1001.03:1AaAa
Slate 2001.09:1AaAa
Slate 3001.32:1AaAa
Slate 4002.28:1AaAa
Slate 5004.22:1AaAa
Slate 6006.73:1AaAa
Slate 7009.19:1AaAa
Slate 80012.98:1AaAa
Slate 90015.84:1AaAa
Black18.64:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F4EFDF
deuteranopia · #F8F3E0
tritanopia · #FFECEB

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. #feefe0 is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF7F2
#feefe0
#FADEC2
#FCC792
#FAAB5C
#F88F26
#ED7A08
#C66606
#9E5205
#723D08
#472605
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #FDF7F2Darkest = 950 · #472605Text 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 0.006 67.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.010 67.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.015 67.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.020 67.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.024 67.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.026 67.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.026 67.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.024 67.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.022 67.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.018 67.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.014 67.5);
}

Colors that work with #feefe0

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#EDD6C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B734B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0099CC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7C4004
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEF2E6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241C14
Dark-mode background
Hover#FDDDBD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FCCB9B
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F5F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFEBD6
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 #feefe0

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 #7C4004
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E27507

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
  • Weight6/100
  • 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#E0EFFE
Analogous left#FEE0E0
Analogous right#FEFEE0
Split-complement 1#E0FEFE
Split-complement 2#E0E0FE
Triadic 1#E0FEEF
Triadic 2#EFE0FE
Tetradic#E0FEE0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°30°

#feefe0 sits at 30°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.6%
Green93.7%
Blue87.8%
R · 0–255
254
0xfe
G · 0–255
239
0xef
B · 0–255
224
0xe0

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta5.9%
Yellow11.8%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 18%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#feefe0 text on a black background

contrast 18.64:1

Card sample

#feefe0 text on a white background

contrast 1.13:1

Card sample

#feefe0 on grey

1.03:1

#feefe0 on its own surface

1.06:1

#feefe0 on its dark surface

14.90:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #feefe0;
Background color
Panel with #feefe0 background
background-color: #feefe0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #feefe0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(254, 239, 224, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(254, 239, 224, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #feefe0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #feefe0, #F9FEE0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feefe0, #F1FEE0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #feefe0;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #feefe0;
caret-color: #feefe0;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #feefe0;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEF2E6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #feefe0;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#feefe0 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #feefe0 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, 239, 224, 0.5)
rgb(254 239 224 / 50%)
#feefe080
hsl(30 94% 94% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #feefe0 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#feefe01a#FFFDFC
20%#feefe033#FFFCF9
40%#feefe066#FFF9F3
60%#feefe099#FEF5EC
80%#feefe0cc#FEF2E6

Gradients from #feefe0

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, #FEF5EB, #feefe0 45%, #7C4004);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #feefe0, #EEFDC2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feefe0, #E0EFFE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FFF7F0 0%, #feefe0 45%, #7C4004 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%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FFFFFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7C4004 0%, transparent 65%), #feefe0;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #feefe0

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.

#feefe0 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

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.64:1.

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.

#feefe0, answered

What color is #feefe0?

#feefe0 is a pale electric orange, closest to Antique White (ΔE2000 2.3). It sits at 30° on the hue wheel with 94% saturation and 94% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #feefe0?

rgb(254, 239, 224) — 254 red, 239 green and 224 blue out of 255, or 99.6% / 93.7% / 87.8% by channel.

What is #feefe0 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(30, 94%, 94%) and hsv(30, 12%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #feefe0 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8819 and perceived brightness is 95%, so black text on it reaches 18.64:1.

Should I use black or white text on #feefe0?

Black. It scores 18.64:1 against #feefe0, versus 1.13:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #feefe0 accessible on a white background?

#feefe0 on white scores 1.13:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B55E06 to reach 4.5:1, or #894704 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #feefe0?

#E0EFFE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E0FEFE and #E0E0FE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #feefe0?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD6C0 for borders, #9B734B for secondary text, #0099CC as an accent and #7C4004 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FEE0E0 and #FEFEE0 stays calm, while #E0EFFE is the loudest partner.

What is #feefe0 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 6%, 12%, 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 #feefe0 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 0 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FFF6F0; nudged cooler, #FEE4E0.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #feefe0?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 26.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #feefe0 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #feefe0 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#feefe0] or text-[#feefe0], 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 #feefe0 with 50% opacity?

rgba(254, 239, 224, 0.5), or #feefe080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFF7F0; over black, #7F7870.

Is #feefe0 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFCC, ΔE2000 14.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #feefe0 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 #feefe0?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEF5EB, #feefe0 45%, #7C4004). For more colour, a short hue run to #EEFDC2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #feefe0 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #feefe0 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.