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#FAC68D — Light Vivid Orange

#FAC68D is a orange color we call Light Vivid Orange, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #FAC68D 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.

#FAC68D 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 #8EC3FA; it also sits naturally between #FA908E and #F9FA8E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAC68D · RGB 250, 198, 141

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Color values

HEX#FAC68D
RGB250, 198, 141
HSL31°, 92%, 77%
HSV31°, 44%, 98%
CMYK0%, 21%, 44%, 2%
XYZ64.43, 62.64, 33.89
Yxy62.64, 0.4003, 0.3891
CIE-Lab83.25, 11.41, 35.58
Hunter Lab79.14, 11.21, 26.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 78% · Blue 55%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 44% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAC68D on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAC68D on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAC68D

.text { color: #FAC68D; }
.background { background-color: #FAC68D; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAC68D; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 198, 141); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(31, 92%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAC68D; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 198, 141, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAC68D; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 198, 141, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAC68D">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAC68D">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAC68D

#F9B56C#F7A145#F69023#EB7E0A#C96C08#A25707#7F4405#5D3204#361D02#140B01

Tints of #FAC68D

#FBCB98#FBD0A2#FCD5AC#FCDAB6#FCDFBF#FDE1C4#FDE6CE#FDEBD8#FEF0E2#FEF5EB

Tones of #FAC68D

#F3C696#EBC69E#E3C5A5#DBC5AD#D4C5B5#CCC5BD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8EC3FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAC68D: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAC68D

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 #FAC68D: ·

How #FAC68D looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E3E39BDeuteranopia · #E7EA9ETritanopia · #F7A6A8

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAC68D rather than the exact color:

Palette A13939
#A13939 · #E75151 · #FCC88A · #C2C57F
Palette Ea907a
#EA907A · #FBC687 · #F4F7C5 · #AACDBE
Palette Fff2d7
#FFF2D7 · #FFE0B5 · #F8C794 · #D8AE7E
Palette Fa5c5c
#FA5C5C · #FD8A6B · #FEC288 · #FBEF76
Palette B9ac92
#B9AC92 · #FFA931 · #FECB89 · #FBE6D4
Ruby Orchard
#DE7272 · #FFCA88 · #FFF6A9 · #B4E4D6

Similar colors

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

#FCC88A#FBC687#F8C794#FEC288#FECB89#FFCA88#FFC288#F6C794#FFC090#FEBE8C#FFC193#F2C18D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAC68C  ·  #FAC68E →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAC68D?

#FAC68D is Light Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 198, 141). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAC68D?

#FAC68D is RGB 250, 198, 141 — HSL 31°, 92%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 21%, 44%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAC68D?

Its complement is #8EC3FA; analogous partners are #FA908E and #F9FA8E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAC68D for text?

Black text on #FAC68D has a contrast ratio of 13.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.