Pale Orange #FFA756

About this color

#FFA756 is a light, vivid orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 80%, its chroma 0.141 and its hue 61°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Pale Orange. Black text reads best on it, at 10.91:1.

Colors that go with Pale Orange

Matches found by rotating Pale Orange around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Pale Orange

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Pale Orange, closest first.

• Balloon Circus
• Lemon Rind
• Marigold Horizon
• Paprika Hour
• Persimmon Skyline
• Maple Harvest
• Paprika Kitchen
• Sumac Jar

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Pale Orange, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Orange #FDAA48 ΔE 0.016
• Sandy Brown #F4A460 ΔE 0.022
• Mango #FFA62B ΔE 0.029
• Butterscotch #FDB147 ΔE 0.031
• Peach #FFB07C ΔE 0.038
• Pastel Orange #FF964F ΔE 0.038
• Orange #FFA500 ΔE 0.040
• Light Salmon #FFA07A ΔE 0.047

More about Pale Orange

• Shades of orange
• What orange means

How to make Pale Orange

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts orange
• 4 parts white
• 1 part red

Recipe result: #FBA755, a difference of ΔE 0.008 from Pale Orange. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Pale Orange in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Pale Orange

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FFF3EA

   oklch(97.1% 0.018 59.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FFE4CF

   oklch(93.5% 0.041 60.2)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FFCEA6

   oklch(88.5% 0.076 60.8)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #FFA756

   oklch(80.1% 0.141 61)

5. Step 400

   400

   #E88400

   oklch(70.7% 0.164 60.9)

6. Step 500

   500

   #C77100

   oklch(63.1% 0.146 61.3)

7. Step 600

   600

   #A85E00

   oklch(55.6% 0.129 60.9)

8. Step 700

   700

   #8E4F00

   oklch(49.2% 0.114 61.3)

9. Step 800

   800

   #754000

   oklch(42.8% 0.099 61.2)

10. Step 900

    900

    #623500

    oklch(37.8% 0.087 61.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3C1E00

    oklch(27.1% 0.063 61.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Pale Orange with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.