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#FFCEA9

#ffcea9 ≈ Apricot

  • orange
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ffcea9 is a color from the orange family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 80.78% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 33.73% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 25.81°, with 100% saturation and 83.14% 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 14.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Apricot (#fbceb1), ΔE 2.43.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6827

Complementary

  1. #ffcea9
  2. #a9daff

Split complementary

  1. #ffcea9
  2. #a9fff9
  3. #a9afff

Analogous

  1. #ffa9af
  2. #ffcea9
  3. #fff9a9

Triadic

  1. #ffcea9
  2. #a9ffce
  3. #cea9ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffcea9
  2. #daffa9
  3. #a9daff
  4. #cea9ff

Square

  1. #ffcea9
  2. #afffa9
  3. #a9daff
  4. #f9a9ff

Monochromatic

  1. #ff7710
  2. #ffa25d
  3. #ffcea9
  4. #fff3eb
  5. #fff3eb

Shades

#ffcea9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffcea9
  2. #e6b998
  3. #cca587
  4. #b39076
  5. #997c65
  6. #806755
  7. #665244
  8. #4d3e33
  9. #332922
  10. #1a1511
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffcea9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffcea9
  2. #ffd3b2
  3. #ffd8ba
  4. #ffddc3
  5. #ffe2cb
  6. #ffe7d4
  7. #ffebdd
  8. #fff0e5
  9. #fff5ee
  10. #fffaf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffcea9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffcea9
  2. #f2c6a5
  3. #e6bea1
  4. #d9b79d
  5. #ccaf99
  6. #c0a795
  7. #b39f90
  8. #a6978c
  9. #999088
  10. #8d8884
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d7d7d7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e8d4c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ddd1a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e8dca9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc4c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ebd0a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f2d6a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffc8ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffcea9 {
  color: #ffcea9;
}
Background
.bg-ffcea9 {
  background-color: #ffcea9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffcea9 {
  border: 2px solid #ffcea9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffcea9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 206 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 26 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffcea9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffcea9, #fff9a9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffcea9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 206 169 / 0.35);
}

#fbceb1 Apricot ΔE 2.43 #fdd5b1 Light Apricot ΔE 2.79 #ffdab9 Peach Puff ΔE 3.91 #ffcc99 Peach Orange ΔE 3.94 #edc9af Desert Sand ΔE 4.33 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 6.42 #ebc2af Zinnwaldite ΔE 6.65 #003156 Inverted #d7d7d7 Grayscale 

Apricot
#ffcea9  rgb(255, 206, 169)  hsl(26, 100%, 83%)  Apricot
#a9daff  rgb(169, 218, 255)  hsl(206, 100%, 83%)  Light Sky Blue
#a9ffce  rgb(169, 255, 206)  hsl(146, 100%, 83%)  Magic Mint
#cea9ff  rgb(206, 169, 255)  hsl(266, 100%, 83%)  Mauve