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#FAC59E

#fac59e ≈ Apricot

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#fac59e is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 77.25% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.2% magenta, 36.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 25.43°, with 90.2% saturation and 80% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apricot (#fbceb1), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6273

Complementary

  1. #fac59e
  2. #9ed3fa

Split complementary

  1. #fac59e
  2. #9efaf3
  3. #9ea5fa

Analogous

  1. #fa9ea5
  2. #fac59e
  3. #faf39e

Triadic

  1. #fac59e
  2. #9efac5
  3. #c59efa

Tetradic

  1. #fac59e
  2. #d3fa9e
  3. #9ed3fa
  4. #c59efa

Square

  1. #fac59e
  2. #a5fa9e
  3. #9ed3fa
  4. #f39efa

Monochromatic

  1. #f36e0c
  2. #f69955
  3. #fac59e
  4. #fef0e7
  5. #fef3ec

Shades

#fac59e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fac59e
  2. #e1b18e
  3. #c89e7e
  4. #af8a6f
  5. #96765f
  6. #7d634f
  7. #644f3f
  8. #4b3b2f
  9. #322720
  10. #191410
  11. #000000

Tints

#fac59e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fac59e
  2. #fbcba8
  3. #fbd1b1
  4. #fcd6bb
  5. #fcdcc5
  6. #fde2cf
  7. #fde8d8
  8. #feeee2
  9. #fef3ec
  10. #fff9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fac59e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fac59e
  2. #eebe9b
  3. #e2b798
  4. #d5b095
  5. #c9a992
  6. #bda38f
  7. #b19c8c
  8. #a59589
  9. #988e86
  10. #8c8783
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2cbbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5c99b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1d49e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffbbbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e5c79c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebce9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffbfb0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fac59e {
  color: #fac59e;
}
Background
.bg-fac59e {
  background-color: #fac59e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fac59e {
  border: 2px solid #fac59e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fac59e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 197 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 25 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fac59e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fac59e, #faf39e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fac59e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 197 158 / 0.35);
}

#fbceb1 Apricot ΔE 3.60 #ffcc99 Peach Orange ΔE 4.02 #fdd5b1 Light Apricot ΔE 4.63 #edc9af Desert Sand ΔE 4.94 #ffdab9 Peach Puff ΔE 5.89 #ebc2af Zinnwaldite ΔE 6.57 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 6.99 #053a61 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Apricot
#fac59e  rgb(250, 197, 158)  hsl(25, 90%, 80%)  Apricot
#9ed3fa  rgb(158, 211, 250)  hsl(205, 90%, 80%)  Light Sky Blue
#9efac5  rgb(158, 250, 197)  hsl(145, 90%, 80%)  Aquamarine
#c59efa  rgb(197, 158, 250)  hsl(265, 90%, 80%)  Mauve