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#FACAA8 — Pale Vivid Orange

#FACAA8 is a orange color we call Pale Vivid Orange, closest to the named color NavajoWhite (#FFDEAD). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: navajowhite (#FFDEAD) — not an exact match. CSS navajowhite gives you #FFDEAD, a different color; use #FACAA8 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.

#FACAA8 is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A8D8FA; it also sits naturally between #FAA8AF and #FAF3A8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACAA8 · RGB 250, 202, 168

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Color values

HEX#FACAA8
RGB250, 202, 168
HSL25°, 89%, 82%
HSV25°, 33%, 98%
CMYK0%, 19%, 33%, 2%
XYZ67.61, 65.39, 46.10
Yxy65.39, 0.3775, 0.3651
CIE-Lab84.69, 12.35, 23.41
Hunter Lab80.87, 12.24, 19.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 79% · Blue 66%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 33% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FACAA8 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FACAA8 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FACAA8

.text { color: #FACAA8; }
.background { background-color: #FACAA8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACAA8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 202, 168); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(25, 89%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACAA8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 202, 168, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACAA8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 202, 168, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FACAA8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FACAA8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FACAA8

#F8B382#F59B5B#F38739#F17013#CF5D0C#A94C0A#823B08#602B06#3A1A03#130901

Tints of #FACAA8

#FACDAD#FBD3B7#FBD6BC#FCDCC5#FCDFCA#FCE2CF#FDE8D8#FDEBDD#FEF0E7#FEF3EC

Tones of #FACAA8

#F4CBAE#EECCB4#E9CDBA#E3CEC0#DDCFC6#D7D0CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8D8FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.49:1 Fails
Against black text14.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #FACAA8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACAA8

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 #FACAA8: ·

How #FACAA8 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E5B0Deuteranopia · #E8ECB2Tritanopia · #F8B7B8

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FACAA8 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ecf9ff
#ECF9FF · #FFFBEB · #FFE7CC · #F8CBA6
Palette 3a3845
#3A3845 · #F7CCAC · #C69B7B · #826F66
Palette A9a9a9
#A9A9A9 · #FECDA6 · #FF9130 · #FF5B22
Palette Fbc6a4
#FBC6A4 · #F4A9A8 · #CE97B0 · #AFB9C8
Palette F08787
#F08787 · #FFC7A7 · #FEE2AD · #F8FAB4
Palette Fcd8d4
#FCD8D4 · #FDF6F0 · #F8E2CF · #F5C6AA

Similar colors

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

#F8CBA6#F7CCAC#FECDA6#FBC6A4#FFC7A7#F5C6AA#F5C6A5#F4C7AB#FFC5AA#FFC6AC#FED2AA#F3C4AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACAA7  ·  #FACAA9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACAA8?

#FACAA8 is Pale Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 202, 168). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACAA8?

#FACAA8 is RGB 250, 202, 168 — HSL 25°, 89%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 33%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACAA8?

Its complement is #A8D8FA; analogous partners are #FAA8AF and #FAF3A8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACAA8 for text?

Black text on #FACAA8 has a contrast ratio of 14.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.49:1.