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#FAAA81 — Light Vivid Orange

#FAAA81 is a orange color we call Light Vivid Orange, closest to the named color LightSalmon (#FFA07A). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightsalmon (#FFA07A) — not an exact match. CSS lightsalmon gives you #FFA07A, a different color; use #FAAA81 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FAAA81 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 #80D1FA; it also sits naturally between #FA8094 and #FAE580. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAAA81 · RGB 250, 170, 129

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Color values

HEX#FAAA81
RGB250, 170, 129
HSL20°, 92%, 74%
HSV20°, 48%, 98%
CMYK0%, 32%, 48%, 2%
XYZ57.76, 50.66, 27.50
Yxy50.66, 0.4250, 0.3727
CIE-Lab76.47, 24.93, 33.01
Hunter Lab71.17, 24.49, 23.92

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 51%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 48% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAAA81 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAAA81 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAAA81

.text { color: #FAAA81; }
.background { background-color: #FAAA81; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAAA81; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 170, 129); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(20, 92%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAAA81; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 170, 129, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAAA81; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 170, 129, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAAA81">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAAA81">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAAA81

#F8915D#F77A3B#F56219#E15109#BF4508#9D3907#7A2C05#582004#361302#140701

Tints of #FAAA81

#FAAF89#FBB693#FBC0A2#FCC6AC#FCCDB6#FCD4BF#FDDAC9#FDE4D8#FEEBE2#FEF2EB

Tones of #FAAA81

#F1AB88#E8AE91#E0B19A#D7B4A3#CEB7AB#C5BAB4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #80D1FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAAA81: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAAA81

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #FAAA81: ·

How #FAAA81 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D78BDeuteranopia · #DCE28DTritanopia · #F69394

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:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAAA81 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffff80
#FFFF80 · #FFAA80 · #FF5580 · #FF0080
Palette Fff78a
#FFF78A · #FFE382 · #FFC47E · #FFAD84
Palette C2e8ce
#C2E8CE · #F2EEE5 · #F6AD7B · #BE7575
Palette 8100d1
#8100D1 · #B500B2 · #FF52A0 · #FFA47F
Palette 401f71
#401F71 · #824D74 · #BE7B72 · #FDAF7B
Palette Fef1e6
#FEF1E6 · #F9D5A7 · #FFB085 · #90AACB

Similar colors

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

#FFAA80#FFAD84#F6AD7B#FFA47F#FDAF7B#FFB085#FAAB78#F8A978#F4B183#FFA27F#F5B17B#F6B17A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAAA80  ·  #FAAA82 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAAA81?

#FAAA81 is Light Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 170, 129). Its closest standard named color is LightSalmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAAA81?

#FAAA81 is RGB 250, 170, 129 — HSL 20°, 92%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 48%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAAA81?

Its complement is #80D1FA; analogous partners are #FA8094 and #FAE580. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAAA81 for text?

Black text on #FAAA81 has a contrast ratio of 11.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.