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#FA6800 — Vivid Orange

#FA6800 is a orange color we call Vivid Orange, closest to the named color OrangeRed (#FF4500). It belongs to the orange family.

#FA6800 is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0092FA; it also sits naturally between #FA0015 and #FAE500. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA6800 · RGB 250, 104, 0

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Color values

HEX#FA6800
RGB250, 104, 0
HSL25°, 100%, 49%
HSV25°, 100%, 98%
CMYK0%, 58%, 100%, 2%
XYZ44.37, 30.22, 3.50
Yxy30.22, 0.5682, 0.3870
CIE-Lab61.85, 52.33, 70.66
Hunter Lab54.98, 51.61, 32.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 41% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 58% · Yellow 100% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #FA6800 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA6800 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA6800

.text { color: #FA6800; }
.background { background-color: #FA6800; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA6800; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 104, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(25, 100%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA6800; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 104, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA6800; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 104, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA6800">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA6800">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA6800

#E66000#CC5500#B84D00#9E4200#8A3900#702F00#5C2600#421C00#2E1300#140900

Tints of #FA6800

#FF7614#FF8229#FF9142#FFA05C#FFAF75#FFBB8A#FFC9A3#FFD8BD#FFE4D1#FFF3EB

Tones of #FA6800

#E86B11#D66E24#C47136#B37447#A17759#8E7A6B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0092FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.98:1 Fails
Against black text7.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA6800: #000000.

How #FA6800 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BBB919Deuteranopia · #C3CE1FTritanopia · #F32D31

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind orange 500 · #F97316Tailwind orange 600 · #EA580CTailwind amber 600 · #D97706

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA6800 rather than the exact color:

Palette E73f1e
#E73F1E · #FB6C00 · #F9B637 · #FFDD9C
Palette Fcecdd
#FCECDD · #FFC288 · #FEA82F · #FF6701
Palette Ff6600
#FF6600 · #F5F5F5 · #8FD14F · #604CC3
Palette C40c0c
#C40C0C · #FF6500 · #CC561E · #F6CE71
Palette C40c0c
#C40C0C · #FF6500 · #FF8A08 · #FFC100
Palette Ff6500
#FF6500 · #1E3E62 · #0B192C · #000000

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FB6C00#FF6701#FF6600#FF6500#FF6D02#FF6000#FF5F00#F97300#FC7300#EF6905#FF6C0C#FF7601

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA67FF  ·  #FA6801 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA6800?

#FA6800 is Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 104, 0). Its closest standard named color is OrangeRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA6800?

#FA6800 is RGB 250, 104, 0 — HSL 25°, 100%, 49% — CMYK 0%, 58%, 100%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA6800?

Its complement is #0092FA; analogous partners are #FA0015 and #FAE500. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA6800 for text?

Black text on #FA6800 has a contrast ratio of 7.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.98:1.