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#FDDEA6 — Pale Vivid Orange

#FDDEA6 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 #FDDEA6 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.

#FDDEA6 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 #A5C4FD; it also sits naturally between #FDB2A5 and #F0FDA5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDDEA6 · RGB 253, 222, 166

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Color values

HEX#FDDEA6
RGB253, 222, 166
HSL39°, 96%, 82%
HSV39°, 34%, 99%
CMYK0%, 12%, 34%, 1%
XYZ73.51, 75.88, 46.85
Yxy75.88, 0.3746, 0.3867
CIE-Lab89.80, 2.92, 31.43
Hunter Lab87.11, 2.90, 25.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 87% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 34% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FDDEA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDDEA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDDEA6

.text { color: #FDDEA6; }
.background { background-color: #FDDEA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDDEA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 222, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(39, 96%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDDEA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 222, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDDEA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 222, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDDEA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDDEA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDDEA6

#FCD07D#FCC155#FBB532#FAA60A#D78D04#AF7304#875903#644202#3C2701#140D00

Tints of #FDDEA6

#FDE0AA#FDE4B4#FEE6B9#FEE9C3#FEEBC8#FEEDCD#FEF0D7#FEF2DC#FEF6E6#FFF8EB

Tones of #FDDEA6

#F7DCAB#F1DBB1#EAD9B8#E4D7BE#DDD5C5#D8D3CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A5C4FD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.18:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDDEA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDDEA6

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 #FDDEA6: ·

How #FDDEA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0EFB4Deuteranopia · #F1F4B7Tritanopia · #FBBEC1

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FDDEA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffb3b3
#FFB3B3 · #FFDBA4 · #FFE9AE · #C1EFFF
Palette E8f3d6
#E8F3D6 · #FCF9BE · #FFDCA9 · #FAAB78
Palette B7fbff
#B7FBFF · #FFF6BE · #FFE0A3 · #FFA1AC
Palette Fba1b7
#FBA1B7 · #FFD1DA · #FFF0F5 · #FFDBAA
Palette 96c291
#96C291 · #FFDBAA · #FFB7B7 · #F4EEEE
Palette 5f8b4c
#5F8B4C · #FFDDAB · #FF9A9A · #945034

Similar colors

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

#FFDBA4#FFDCA9#FFE0A3#FFDBAA#FFDDAB#F8E0A4#FADFA1#FFE3A9#FFD8A9#FADBAC#FEE2AD#FFD6A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDDEA5  ·  #FDDEA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDDEA6?

#FDDEA6 is Pale Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 253, 222, 166). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDDEA6?

#FDDEA6 is RGB 253, 222, 166 — HSL 39°, 96%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 12%, 34%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDDEA6?

Its complement is #A5C4FD; analogous partners are #FDB2A5 and #F0FDA5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDDEA6 for text?

Black text on #FDDEA6 has a contrast ratio of 16.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.