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#fadbb6

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Marmalade

RGB
250, 219, 182
HSL
33°, 87%, 85%
CMYK
0, 12, 27, 2
Luminance
0.7436

#fadbb6 is a light electric orange, 33° on the wheel and 2/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.87:1). As text it scores 1.32:1 on white — use #AA620C instead. Nearest name is Bisque, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(33 87% 85%)rgb(250 219 182)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fadbb6 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fadbb6
Hue
33°
orange
Saturation
87%
electric
Lightness
85%
light
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7436
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
2/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.87:1
Closest name
Bisque
ΔE2000 2.5
Chroma
22.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.908
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 19.5
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue33° of 360°
Saturation87%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fadbb6.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool2% 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
Red27%
Green68%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#fadbb6
HEX (8-digit)#fadbb6ff
RGBrgb(250, 219, 182)
RGBArgba(250, 219, 182, 1)
HSLhsl(33, 87%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33, 27%, 98%)
HWBhwb(33 71% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12%, 27%, 2%)
LABlab(89.1 5.3 22.2)
LCHlch(89.1 22.8 76.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.908 0.059 71.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(73.20, 74.37, 54.75)
Decimal16440246
Display P3color(display-p3 0.980 0.859 0.714)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fadbb6;
background-color: #fadbb6;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fadbb6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fadbb6] bg-[#fadbb6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fadbb6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.980, green: 0.859, blue: 0.714)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.980, green: 0.859, blue: 0.714, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FADBB6</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFADBB6)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFADBB6)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(182, 219, 250)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(250, 219, 182)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(250, 219, 182)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 250, 219, 182)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9804f, 0.8588f, 0.7137f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{250,219,182}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fadbb6 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fadbb6 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#774508, #EEE2D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fadbb6 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: #FDF8F2;
  --brand-100: #FAF1E5;
  --brand-200: #fadbb6;
  --brand-300: #F8CB96;
  --brand-400: #F4B161;
  --brand-500: #F1972D;
  --brand-600: #E58410;
  --brand-700: #BF6E0D;
  --brand-800: #99580A;
  --brand-900: #6E410C;
  --brand-950: #452908;
  --brand: #fadbb6;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF8F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD8C0;
  --brand-hover: #F8CA95;
  --brand-pressed: #F5BA73;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241D14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE2D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF8F2',
        100: '#FAF1E5',
        200: '#fadbb6',
        300: '#F8CB96',
        400: '#F4B161',
        500: '#F1972D',
        600: '#E58410',
        700: '#BF6E0D',
        800: '#99580A',
        900: '#6E410C',
        950: '#452908',
        DEFAULT: '#fadbb6',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF8F2,
  '100': #FAF1E5,
  '200': #fadbb6,
  '300': #F8CB96,
  '400': #F4B161,
  '500': #F1972D,
  '600': #E58410,
  '700': #BF6E0D,
  '800': #99580A,
  '900': #6E410C,
  '950': #452908,
);
$brand-base: #fadbb6;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF8F2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAF1E5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#fadbb6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F8CB96", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F4B161", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F1972D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E58410", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BF6E0D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#99580A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6E410C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#452908", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fadbb6 · 15.87:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.32:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.87:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fadbb6 as text scores 1.32:1 on white and 15.87:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #774508 at 6.01:1.

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
#AA620C · 4.71:1
AA on white−49% L
#AA620C
The quick fox
#7F4909 · 7.34:1
AAA on white−58% L
#7F4909
The quick fox
#fadbb6 · 15.87:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fadbb6
The quick fox
#fadbb6 · 15.87:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fadbb6

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DA7D0F 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
#fadbb6 on white: 1.32:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fadbb6 on black: 15.87:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fadbb6 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fadbb6.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.32:1AaAa
Slate 501.26:1AaAa
Slate 1001.21:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.12:1AaAa
Slate 4001.94:1AaAa
Slate 5003.60:1AaAa
Slate 6005.73:1AaAa
Slate 7007.83:1AaAa
Slate 80011.06:1AaAa
Slate 90013.49:1AaAa
Black15.87:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E7DCB4
deuteranopia · #EEE3B7
tritanopia · #FFD3D1

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. #fadbb6 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.

#FDF8F2
#FAF1E5
#fadbb6
#F8CB96
#F4B161
#F1972D
#E58410
#BF6E0D
#99580A
#6E410C
#452908
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FDF8F2Darkest = 950 · #452908Text 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 0.015 71.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.024 71.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.036 71.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.046 71.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.055 71.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.059 71.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.059 71.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.056 71.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.050 71.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.042 71.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.033 71.9);
}

Colors that work with #fadbb6

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#EDD8C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B764B
Captions on the surface
Accent#088DC4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#774508
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDF3E7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241D14
Dark-mode background
Hover#F8CA95
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F5BA73
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F5F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FEE5C6
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #fadbb6

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 #774508
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #DA7D0F

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
  • 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#B6D5FA
Analogous left#FAB9B6
Analogous right#F7FAB6
Split-complement 1#B6F7FA
Split-complement 2#B9B6FA
Triadic 1#B6FADB
Triadic 2#DBB6FA
Tetradic#B6FAB9
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°33°

#fadbb6 sits at 33°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.0%
Green85.9%
Blue71.4%
R · 0–255
250
0xfa
G · 0–255
219
0xdb
B · 0–255
182
0xb6

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta12.4%
Yellow27.2%
Key (black)2.0%

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

Color previews

#fadbb6 text on a black background

contrast 15.87:1

Card sample

#fadbb6 text on a white background

contrast 1.32:1

Card sample

#fadbb6 on grey

1.21:1

#fadbb6 on its own surface

1.25:1

#fadbb6 on its dark surface

12.59:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fadbb6;
Background color
Panel with #fadbb6 background
background-color: #fadbb6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fadbb6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(250, 219, 182, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(250, 219, 182, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fadbb6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fadbb6, #ECFAB6);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fadbb6, #DBFAB6);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fadbb6;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fadbb6;
caret-color: #fadbb6;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fadbb6;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDF3E7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fadbb6;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fadbb6 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fadbb6 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(250, 219, 182, 0.5)
rgb(250 219 182 / 50%)
#fadbb680
hsl(33 87% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fadbb6 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fadbb61a#FFFBF8
20%#fadbb633#FEF8F0
40%#fadbb666#FDF1E2
60%#fadbb699#FCE9D3
80%#fadbb6cc#FBE2C5

Gradients from #fadbb6

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, #FEF6EC, #fadbb6 45%, #774508);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fadbb6, #DCF899);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fadbb6, #B6D5FA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEF8F1 0%, #fadbb6 45%, #774508 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%, #FDE6E7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F7FCD3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #774508 0%, transparent 65%), #fadbb6;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fadbb6

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.

#fadbb6 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 15.87:1.

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.

#fadbb6, answered

What color is #fadbb6?

#fadbb6 is a light electric orange, closest to Bisque (ΔE2000 2.5). It sits at 33° on the hue wheel with 87% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fadbb6?

rgb(250, 219, 182) — 250 red, 219 green and 182 blue out of 255, or 98% / 85.9% / 71.4% by channel.

What is #fadbb6 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(33, 87%, 85%) and hsv(33, 27%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fadbb6 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7436 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 15.87:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fadbb6?

Black. It scores 15.87:1 against #fadbb6, versus 1.32:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fadbb6 accessible on a white background?

#fadbb6 on white scores 1.32:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #AA620C to reach 4.5:1, or #7F4909 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fadbb6?

#B6D5FA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B6F7FA and #B9B6FA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fadbb6?

For interface work: #FAF8F4 as the surface, #EDD8C0 for borders, #9B764B for secondary text, #088DC4 as an accent and #774508 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FAB9B6 and #F7FAB6 stays calm, while #B6D5FA is the loudest partner.

What is #fadbb6 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 12%, 27%, 2%). 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 #fadbb6 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 2 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FCE3CE; nudged cooler, #FBF5B5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fadbb6?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 19.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fadbb6 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fadbb6 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fadbb6] or text-[#fadbb6], 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 #fadbb6 with 50% opacity?

rgba(250, 219, 182, 0.5), or #fadbb680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FDEDDB; over black, #7D6E5B.

Is #fadbb6 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 18 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fadbb6 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 #fadbb6?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEF6EC, #fadbb6 45%, #774508). For more colour, a short hue run to #DCF899 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fadbb6 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fadbb6 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.