#fac979

Color #fac979

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 17.59 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#fac979

RGB

rgb(250, 201, 121)

HSL

hsl(37.2, 92.8%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.2, 51.6%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 51.6%, 2%)

LAB

lab(83.7, 7.99, 46.27)

LCH

lch(83.7, 46.95, 80.2)

OKLCH

oklch(86.2%, 0.1129, 78.66)

HWB

hwb(37.2, 47.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79aafa

Analogous

#fa8879

#fac979

#eafa79

Triadic

#fac979

#79fac9

#c979fa

Split-complementary

#fac979

#79eafa

#8879fa

Tetradic

#fac979

#aafa79

#79aafa

#c979fa

Square

#fac979

#79fa88

#79aafa

#fa79ea

Shades

Color #fac979 mixed toward black.

#f8b13d

#ee9709

#b37107

#774c04

#3c2602

Tints

Color #fac979 mixed toward white.

#fbd28f

#fcdba6

#fce4bc

#fdedd2

#fef6e9

Tones

Color #fac979 mixed toward gray.

#efc684

#e4c48e

#dac199

#cfbfa4

#c4bcaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e692 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#e9ed97 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#f8a2a5 · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 22.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #fac979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fac979]

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Frequently asked questions

#fac979 (#fac979) is rgb(250, 201, 121) in RGB.

No, #fac979 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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