#fad79d

Color #fad79d

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Navajo White #ffdead · ΔE 5.46 Nearest Tailwind class orange-200 #ffd6a7 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#fad79d

RGB

rgb(250, 215, 157)

HSL

hsl(37.4, 90.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.4, 37.2%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 14%, 37.2%, 2%)

LAB

lab(87.66, 4.32, 33.15)

LCH

lch(87.66, 33.43, 82.58)

OKLCH

oklch(89.5%, 0.0838, 79.96)

HWB

hwb(37.4, 61.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9dc0fa

Analogous

#faa89d

#fad79d

#effa9d

Triadic

#fad79d

#9dfad7

#d79dfa

Split-complementary

#fad79d

#9deffa

#a89dfa

Tetradic

#fad79d

#c0fa9d

#9dc0fa

#d79dfa

Square

#fad79d

#9dfaa8

#9dc0fa

#fa9def

Shades

Color #fad79d mixed toward black.

#f7bd5c

#f3a21c

#c27c0a

#815307

#412903

Tints

Color #fad79d mixed toward white.

#fbdead

#fce4be

#fdebce

#fdf2de

#fef8ef

Tones

Color #fad79d mixed toward gray.

#f2d5a5

#ead3ac

#e3d1b4

#dbcfbc

#d3cdc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ecebad · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#eef0b1 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#f8b9bb · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 19.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #fad79d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fad79d]

Related colors

Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Moccasin #ffe4b5

Blanched Almond #ffebcd

Orange #ffa500

Navajo White #ffdead

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#fad79d (#fad79d) is rgb(250, 215, 157) in RGB.

No, #fad79d 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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