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#feba7f

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Clay

RGB
254, 186, 127
HSL
28°, 98%, 75%
CMYK
0, 27, 50, 0
Luminance
0.5772

#feba7f is a light electric orange, 28° on the wheel and 1/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.54:1). As text it scores 1.67:1 on white — use #BA5701 instead. Nearest name is Sandy Brown, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(28 98% 75%)rgb(254 186 127)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #feba7f is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#feba7f
Hue
28°
orange
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
75%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5772
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
1/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
12.54:1
Closest name
Sandy Brown
ΔE2000 5.6
Chroma
43.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.839
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 12.2
Web-safe
#FFCC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue28° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness75%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #feba7f.

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%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#feba7f
HEX (8-digit)#feba7fff
RGBrgb(254, 186, 127)
RGBArgba(254, 186, 127, 1)
HSLhsl(28, 98%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(28, 50%, 100%)
HWBhwb(28 50% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 50%, 0%)
LABlab(80.6 17.9 39.4)
LCHlch(80.6 43.3 65.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.839 0.109 61.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(62.27, 57.73, 27.94)
Decimal16693887
Display P3color(display-p3 0.996 0.729 0.498)
Web-safe#FFCC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #feba7f;
background-color: #feba7f;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #feba7f;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#feba7f] bg-[#feba7f]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #feba7f;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.996, green: 0.729, blue: 0.498)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.996, green: 0.729, blue: 0.498, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FEBA7F</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFEBA7F)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFEBA7F)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(127, 186, 254)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(254, 186, 127)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(254, 186, 127)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 254, 186, 127)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9961f, 0.7294f, 0.4980f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{254,186,127}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #feba7f 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #feba7f 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7E3B01, #EEDFD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #feba7f 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: #FEF7F1;
  --brand-100: #FCEFE3;
  --brand-200: #FBDCC1;
  --brand-300: #feba7f;
  --brand-400: #FEA558;
  --brand-500: #FD8720;
  --brand-600: #F37202;
  --brand-700: #CA5F02;
  --brand-800: #A24C01;
  --brand-900: #753906;
  --brand-950: #492404;
  --brand: #feba7f;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD5C0;
  --brand-hover: #FEA75C;
  --brand-pressed: #FD9438;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241B14;
    --brand-ink: #EEDFD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FEF7F1',
        100: '#FCEFE3',
        200: '#FBDCC1',
        300: '#feba7f',
        400: '#FEA558',
        500: '#FD8720',
        600: '#F37202',
        700: '#CA5F02',
        800: '#A24C01',
        900: '#753906',
        950: '#492404',
        DEFAULT: '#feba7f',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FEF7F1,
  '100': #FCEFE3,
  '200': #FBDCC1,
  '300': #feba7f,
  '400': #FEA558,
  '500': #FD8720,
  '600': #F37202,
  '700': #CA5F02,
  '800': #A24C01,
  '900': #753906,
  '950': #492404,
);
$brand-base: #feba7f;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FEF7F1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCEFE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBDCC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#feba7f", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FEA558", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FD8720", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F37202", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#CA5F02", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A24C01", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#753906", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#492404", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #feba7f · 12.54:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.67:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.54:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #feba7f as text scores 1.67:1 on white and 12.54:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7E3B01 at 4.99:1.

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
#BA5701 · 4.72:1
AA on white−38% L
#BA5701
The quick fox
#8C4201 · 7.25:1
AAA on white−47% L
#8C4201
The quick fox
#feba7f · 12.54:1
AA on blackalready passes
#feba7f
The quick fox
#feba7f · 12.54:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#feba7f

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #EC6F02 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
#feba7f on white: 1.67:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#feba7f on black: 12.54:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #feba7f as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #feba7f.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.67:1AaAa
Slate 501.60:1AaAa
Slate 1001.53:1AaAa
Slate 2001.36:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.53:1AaAa
Slate 5002.84:1AaAa
Slate 6004.53:1AaAa
Slate 7006.19:1AaAa
Slate 8008.74:1AaAa
Slate 90010.66:1AaAa
Black12.54:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CFBF7A
deuteranopia · #DFCE80
tritanopia · #FFACAB

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. #feba7f is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FEF7F1
#FCEFE3
#FBDCC1
#feba7f
#FEA558
#FD8720
#F37202
#CA5F02
#A24C01
#753906
#492404
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FEF7F1Darkest = 950 · #492404Text 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 0.027 61.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 61.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.065 61.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.085 61.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.100 61.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.109 61.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.109 61.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.102 61.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.091 61.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.076 61.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.060 61.5);
}

Colors that work with #feba7f

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#EDD5C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B704B
Captions on the surface
Accent#00A0CC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7E3B01
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFF1E6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241B14
Dark-mode background
Hover#FEA75C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FD9438
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F5F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFC592
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 #feba7f

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 #7E3B01
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #EC6F02

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
  • Weight25/100
  • 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#7FC3FE
Analogous left#FE7F83
Analogous right#FEFA7F
Split-complement 1#7FFEFA
Split-complement 2#7F83FE
Triadic 1#7FFEBA
Triadic 2#BA7FFE
Tetradic#83FE7F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°28°

#feba7f sits at 28°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.6%
Green72.9%
Blue49.8%
R · 0–255
254
0xfe
G · 0–255
186
0xba
B · 0–255
127
0x7f

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta26.8%
Yellow50.0%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 77%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#feba7f text on a black background

contrast 12.54:1

Card sample

#feba7f text on a white background

contrast 1.67:1

Card sample

#feba7f on grey

1.53:1

#feba7f on its own surface

1.57:1

#feba7f on its dark surface

10.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #feba7f;
Background color
Panel with #feba7f background
background-color: #feba7f;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #feba7f;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(254, 186, 127, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(254, 186, 127, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #feba7f;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #feba7f, #EDFE7F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feba7f, #CEFE7F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #feba7f;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #feba7f;
caret-color: #feba7f;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #feba7f;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFF1E6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #feba7f;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#feba7f 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #feba7f 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, 127, 0.5)
rgb(254 186 127 / 50%)
#feba7f80
hsl(28 98% 75% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #feba7f 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#feba7f1a#FFF8F2
20%#feba7f33#FFF1E5
40%#feba7f66#FFE3CC
60%#feba7f99#FED6B2
80%#feba7fcc#FEC899

Gradients from #feba7f

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, #FEDBBC, #feba7f 45%, #7E3B01);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #feba7f, #DCFE61);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feba7f, #7FC3FE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FFEBDA 0%, #feba7f 45%, #7E3B01 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%, #FEB2BB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FAFE9D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7E3B01 0%, transparent 65%), #feba7f;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #feba7f

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.

#feba7f 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 12.54:1.

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.

#feba7f, answered

What color is #feba7f?

#feba7f is a light electric orange, closest to Sandy Brown (ΔE2000 5.6). It sits at 28° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #feba7f?

rgb(254, 186, 127) — 254 red, 186 green and 127 blue out of 255, or 99.6% / 72.9% / 49.8% by channel.

What is #feba7f in HSL and HSV?

hsl(28, 98%, 75%) and hsv(28, 50%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #feba7f a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5772 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 12.54:1.

Should I use black or white text on #feba7f?

Black. It scores 12.54:1 against #feba7f, versus 1.67:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #feba7f accessible on a white background?

#feba7f on white scores 1.67:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BA5701 to reach 4.5:1, or #8C4201 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #feba7f?

#7FC3FE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7FFEFA and #7F83FE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #feba7f?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD5C0 for borders, #9B704B for secondary text, #00A0CC as an accent and #7E3B01 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FE7F83 and #FEFA7F stays calm, while #7FC3FE is the loudest partner.

What is #feba7f in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 27%, 50%, 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 #feba7f 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 #FEC598; nudged cooler, #FF8B7E.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #feba7f?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 12.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #feba7f as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #feba7f in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#feba7f] or text-[#feba7f], 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 #feba7f with 50% opacity?

rgba(254, 186, 127, 0.5), or #feba7f80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFDDBF; over black, #7F5D40.

Is #feba7f a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCC66, ΔE2000 11.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #feba7f 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 #feba7f?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEDBBC, #feba7f 45%, #7E3B01). For more colour, a short hue run to #DCFE61 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #feba7f in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #feba7f at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.