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#FEDEA6 — Pale Vivid Orange

#FEDEA6 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 #FEDEA6 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.

#FEDEA6 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 #A4C5FE; it also sits naturally between #FEB0A4 and #F2FEA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEDEA6 · RGB 254, 222, 166

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Color values

HEX#FEDEA6
RGB254, 222, 166
HSL38°, 98%, 82%
HSV38°, 35%, 100%
CMYK0%, 13%, 35%, 0%
XYZ73.88, 76.07, 46.86
Yxy76.07, 0.3754, 0.3865
CIE-Lab89.89, 3.30, 31.56
Hunter Lab87.22, 3.28, 25.38

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 87% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 35% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEDEA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEDEA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEDEA6

.text { color: #FEDEA6; }
.background { background-color: #FEDEA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEDEA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 222, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(38, 98%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEDEA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 222, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEDEA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 222, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEDEA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEDEA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEDEA6

#FECE7C#FDBF53#FDB230#FDA308#D98A02#B17102#885701#654001#3D2701#140D00

Tints of #FEDEA6

#FEDFA9#FEE3B3#FEE5B8#FEE8C2#FEEAC7#FEECCD#FFF0D7#FFF2DC#FFF6E6#FFF7EB

Tones of #FEDEA6

#F8DBAB#F1DAB1#EBD8B7#E4D6BE#DED5C4#D8D3CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4C5FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.21:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEDEA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEDEA6

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 #FEDEA6: ·

How #FEDEA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F0B4Deuteranopia · #F2F4B7Tritanopia · #FCBEC1

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 #FEDEA6 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#FFE3A9#FADFA1#F8E0A4#FFD8A9#FADBAC#FFD6A6#FEE2AD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEDEA5  ·  #FEDEA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEDEA6?

#FEDEA6 is Pale Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 254, 222, 166). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEDEA6?

#FEDEA6 is RGB 254, 222, 166 — HSL 38°, 98%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 35%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEDEA6?

Its complement is #A4C5FE; analogous partners are #FEB0A4 and #F2FEA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEDEA6 for text?

Black text on #FEDEA6 has a contrast ratio of 16.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.