Light orange
#FECEAA
#FECEAA is a light orange with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 13.1:1. On white it reaches only 1.4:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#FECEAA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #FECEAA kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF5ED
- 100 FFE6D3
- 200 FECEAA
- 300 E0B696
- 400 C59977
- 500 A97D5B
- 600 8D6342
- 700 724B2D
- 800 59371B
- 900 40230A
- 950 281201
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-orange-50: #fff5ed; --color-orange-100: #ffe6d3; --color-orange-200: #feceaa; --color-orange-300: #e0b696; --color-orange-400: #c59977; --color-orange-500: #a97d5b; --color-orange-600: #8d6342; --color-orange-700: #724b2d; --color-orange-800: #59371b; --color-orange-900: #40230a; --color-orange-950: #281201;}Is #FECEAA readable?
Contrast for text on #FECEAA and for #FECEAA used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.4APCA Lc 24 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 13.1APCA Lc 82 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #986D4C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.4APCA Lc 21 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 13.1APCA Lc 82 · Body text
Color palettes with #FECEAA
Six palettes built around #FECEAA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#FECEAA · #D9A945 · #FF6558 · #ECDB9D · #312317
- Complementary#FECEAA · #4C8EBC · #49BFFF · #FFD8B3 · #271F18
- Split complementary#FECEAA · #00B6C6 · #829BFF · #FFCAA3 · #392D22
- Triadic#FECEAA · #00A995 · #C193F5 · #FFCD9F · #38312C
- Tetradic#FECEAA · #64B575 · #50C8FF · #FFCEF8 · #2E2924
- Monochromatic#FECEAA · #CE8A46 · #F19A4A · #FFCA9C · #2E2824
#FECEAA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #FECEAA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF5ED
- Brand 100, #FFE6D3
- Brand 200, #FECEAA
- Brand 300, #E0B696
- Brand 400, #C59977
- Brand 500, #A97D5B
- Brand 600, #8D6342
- Brand 700, #724B2D
- Brand 800, #59371B
- Brand 900, #40230A
- Brand 950, #281201
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E2
- Neutral 300, #D8D3CF
- Neutral 400, #A79F9A
- Neutral 500, #7A726C
- Neutral 600, #5A524D
- Neutral 700, #463F3A
- Neutral 800, #2D2722
- Neutral 900, #1C1712
- Neutral 950, #0E0906
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #F1AB5A
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 200 with neutral 950 text, at 13.8:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 13.8:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #FECEAA
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.