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#FDCA91 — Light Vivid Orange

#FDCA91 is a orange color we call Light Vivid Orange, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #FDCA91 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.

#FDCA91 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 #91C3FD; it also sits naturally between #FD9591 and #F9FD91. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDCA91 · RGB 253, 202, 145

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Color values

HEX#FDCA91
RGB253, 202, 145
HSL32°, 96%, 78%
HSV32°, 43%, 99%
CMYK0%, 20%, 43%, 1%
XYZ66.74, 65.17, 35.85
Yxy65.17, 0.3978, 0.3885
CIE-Lab84.57, 10.92, 35.29
Hunter Lab80.73, 10.78, 26.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 79% · Blue 57%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 43% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FDCA91 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDCA91 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDCA91

.text { color: #FDCA91; }
.background { background-color: #FDCA91; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDCA91; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 202, 145); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(32, 96%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDCA91; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 202, 145, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDCA91; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 202, 145, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDCA91">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDCA91">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDCA91

#FCBA6E#FBA746#FB9623#F08205#CD6F04#AA5C03#824703#5F3402#371E01#140B00

Tints of #FDCA91

#FDCF9B#FDD4A5#FDD6AA#FDDBB4#FEE0BE#FEE5C8#FEEAD2#FEECD7#FEF1E1#FFF5EB

Tones of #FDCA91

#F5CA99#EEC9A0#E6C9A8#DEC8B0#D6C8B8#CFC7BF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #91C3FD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text14.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDCA91: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDCA91

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 #FDCA91: ·

How #FDCA91 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E69FDeuteranopia · #EAEEA2Tritanopia · #FAAAAC

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 #FDCA91 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffca95
#FFCA95 · #FF7873 · #E22F80 · #8140DC
Palette Ffc996
#FFC996 · #FF8474 · #9F5F80 · #583D72
Palette Fff2d7
#FFF2D7 · #FFE0B5 · #F8C794 · #D8AE7E
Palette 333d6d
#333D6D · #723EC3 · #FFCF95 · #FFF0D9
Palette Dbd0c0
#DBD0C0 · #FAEEE0 · #F9E4C8 · #F9CF93
Palette A13939
#A13939 · #E75151 · #FCC88A · #C2C57F

Similar colors

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

#FFCA95#FFC996#F8C794#FFCF95#F9CF93#FCC88A#FFCF96#FFD18E#FECB89#F6C794#FFD28F#F9CB99

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDCA90  ·  #FDCA92 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDCA91?

#FDCA91 is Light Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 253, 202, 145). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDCA91?

#FDCA91 is RGB 253, 202, 145 — HSL 32°, 96%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 43%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDCA91?

Its complement is #91C3FD; analogous partners are #FD9591 and #F9FD91. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDCA91 for text?

Black text on #FDCA91 has a contrast ratio of 14.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.