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#f7d2bc

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

Token name suggestion: Whisper Clay

RGB
247, 210, 188
HSL
22°, 79%, 85%
CMYK
0, 15, 24, 3
Luminance
0.6950

#f7d2bc is a pale electric orange, 22° on the wheel and 4/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.90:1). As text it scores 1.41:1 on white — use #C15617 instead. Nearest name is Peach Puff, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(22 79% 85%)rgb(247 210 188)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f7d2bc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f7d2bc
Hue
22°
orange
Saturation
79%
electric
Lightness
85%
pale
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6950
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
4/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.90:1
Closest name
Peach Puff
ΔE2000 4.5
Chroma
18.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.889
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 22.5
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue22° of 360°
Saturation79%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f7d2bc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool4% 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%
Green66%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#f7d2bc
HEX (8-digit)#f7d2bcff
RGBrgb(247, 210, 188)
RGBArgba(247, 210, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(22, 79%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(22, 24%, 97%)
HWBhwb(22 74% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 15%, 24%, 3%)
LABlab(86.8 9.7 15.7)
LCHlch(86.8 18.5 58.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.889 0.051 52.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(70.48, 69.50, 57.27)
Decimal16241340
Display P3color(display-p3 0.969 0.824 0.737)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f7d2bc;
background-color: #f7d2bc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f7d2bc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f7d2bc] bg-[#f7d2bc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f7d2bc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.969, green: 0.824, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.969, green: 0.824, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F7D2BC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF7D2BC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF7D2BC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 210, 247)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(247, 210, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(247, 210, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 247, 210, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9686f, 0.8235f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{247,210,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f7d2bc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f7d2bc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#72330E, #EEDDD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f7d2bc 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: #FCF6F3;
  --brand-100: #F9EDE6;
  --brand-200: #f7d2bc;
  --brand-300: #F3BC9B;
  --brand-400: #ED9A69;
  --brand-500: #E77836;
  --brand-600: #DB621A;
  --brand-700: #B65216;
  --brand-800: #924111;
  --brand-900: #6A3211;
  --brand-950: #421F0B;
  --brand: #f7d2bc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD1C0;
  --brand-hover: #F3BD9C;
  --brand-pressed: #EFA77C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241A14;
    --brand-ink: #EEDDD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF6F3',
        100: '#F9EDE6',
        200: '#f7d2bc',
        300: '#F3BC9B',
        400: '#ED9A69',
        500: '#E77836',
        600: '#DB621A',
        700: '#B65216',
        800: '#924111',
        900: '#6A3211',
        950: '#421F0B',
        DEFAULT: '#f7d2bc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF6F3,
  '100': #F9EDE6,
  '200': #f7d2bc,
  '300': #F3BC9B,
  '400': #ED9A69,
  '500': #E77836,
  '600': #DB621A,
  '700': #B65216,
  '800': #924111,
  '900': #6A3211,
  '950': #421F0B,
);
$brand-base: #f7d2bc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF6F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9EDE6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f7d2bc", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F3BC9B", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#ED9A69", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E77836", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#DB621A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B65216", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#924111", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6A3211", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#421F0B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f7d2bc · 14.90:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.41:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.90:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f7d2bc as text scores 1.41:1 on white and 14.90:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #72330E at 6.79:1.

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
#C15617 · 4.55:1
AA on white−43% L
#C15617
The quick fox
#8F4011 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−54% L
#8F4011
The quick fox
#f7d2bc · 14.90:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f7d2bc
The quick fox
#f7d2bc · 14.90:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f7d2bc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E6732F 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
#f7d2bc on white: 1.41:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f7d2bc on black: 14.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f7d2bc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f7d2bc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.41:1AaAa
Slate 501.35:1AaAa
Slate 1001.29:1AaAa
Slate 2001.14:1AaAa
Slate 3001.05:1AaAa
Slate 4001.82:1AaAa
Slate 5003.38:1AaAa
Slate 6005.38:1AaAa
Slate 7007.35:1AaAa
Slate 80010.38:1AaAa
Slate 90012.67:1AaAa
Black14.90:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DCD5BB
deuteranopia · #E5DCBC
tritanopia · #FFCCCC

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. #f7d2bc 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.

#FCF6F3
#F9EDE6
#f7d2bc
#F3BC9B
#ED9A69
#E77836
#DB621A
#B65216
#924111
#6A3211
#421F0B
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FCF6F3Darkest = 950 · #421F0BText 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 0.013 52.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.020 52.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.031 52.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.040 52.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.047 52.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.051 52.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.051 52.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.048 52.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.043 52.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.036 52.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.028 52.5);
}

Colors that work with #f7d2bc

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#EDD1C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B694B
Captions on the surface
Accent#11A6BB
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#72330E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCF0E8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241A14
Dark-mode background
Hover#F3BD9C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#EFA77C
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F4F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FCDECC
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 #f7d2bc

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 #72330E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E6732F

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
  • Weight15/100
  • 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#BCE1F7
Analogous left#F7BCC3
Analogous right#F7F0BC
Split-complement 1#BCF7F0
Split-complement 2#BCC3F7
Triadic 1#BCF7D2
Triadic 2#D2BCF7
Tetradic#C3F7BC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°22°

#f7d2bc sits at 22°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.9%
Green82.4%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
247
0xf7
G · 0–255
210
0xd2
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta15.0%
Yellow23.9%
Key (black)3.1%

Total ink coverage is 42%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f7d2bc text on a black background

contrast 14.90:1

Card sample

#f7d2bc text on a white background

contrast 1.41:1

Card sample

#f7d2bc on grey

1.29:1

#f7d2bc on its own surface

1.32:1

#f7d2bc on its dark surface

12.09:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f7d2bc;
Background color
Panel with #f7d2bc background
background-color: #f7d2bc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f7d2bc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(247, 210, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(247, 210, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f7d2bc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f7d2bc, #F5F7BC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7d2bc, #E6F7BC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f7d2bc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f7d2bc;
caret-color: #f7d2bc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f7d2bc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCF0E8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f7d2bc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f7d2bc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f7d2bc 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(247, 210, 188, 0.5)
rgb(247 210 188 / 50%)
#f7d2bc80
hsl(22 79% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f7d2bc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f7d2bc1a#FEFBF8
20%#f7d2bc33#FDF6F2
40%#f7d2bc66#FCEDE4
60%#f7d2bc99#FAE4D7
80%#f7d2bccc#F9DBC9

Gradients from #f7d2bc

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, #FDF3ED, #f7d2bc 45%, #72330E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f7d2bc, #EAF4A1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f7d2bc, #BCE1F7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDF6F1 0%, #f7d2bc 45%, #72330E 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%, #FCEAEE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FAF9D7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #72330E 0%, transparent 65%), #f7d2bc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f7d2bc

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.

#f7d2bc 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 14.90:1.

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.

#f7d2bc, answered

What color is #f7d2bc?

#f7d2bc is a pale electric orange, closest to Peach Puff (ΔE2000 4.5). It sits at 22° on the hue wheel with 79% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f7d2bc?

rgb(247, 210, 188) — 247 red, 210 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 96.9% / 82.4% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #f7d2bc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(22, 79%, 85%) and hsv(22, 24%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f7d2bc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6950 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 14.90:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f7d2bc?

Black. It scores 14.90:1 against #f7d2bc, versus 1.41:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f7d2bc accessible on a white background?

#f7d2bc on white scores 1.41:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C15617 to reach 4.5:1, or #8F4011 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f7d2bc?

#BCE1F7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BCF7F0 and #BCC3F7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f7d2bc?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD1C0 for borders, #9B694B for secondary text, #11A6BB as an accent and #72330E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F7BCC3 and #F7F0BC stays calm, while #BCE1F7 is the loudest partner.

What is #f7d2bc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 15%, 24%, 3%). 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 #f7d2bc warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 4 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FAE3D3; nudged cooler, #F8BCBB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f7d2bc?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 22.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f7d2bc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f7d2bc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f7d2bc] or text-[#f7d2bc], 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 #f7d2bc with 50% opacity?

rgba(247, 210, 188, 0.5), or #f7d2bc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBE9DE; over black, #7C695E.

Is #f7d2bc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 10.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f7d2bc 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 #f7d2bc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FDF3ED, #f7d2bc 45%, #72330E). For more colour, a short hue run to #EAF4A1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f7d2bc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f7d2bc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.