Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind orange-50 #FFF7ED

Tailwind CSS v3's orange-50 is #FFF7ED. It is an off-white in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.980 with chroma 0.016, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is floralwhite (#FFFAF0), ΔE2000 1.5 away.

Relative luminance
0.9390
OKLCH L · C · h
0.980 · 0.016 · 73.7
Best text
Black 19.77:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#FFF7ED color codes

HEX
#FFF7ED
RGB
rgb(255, 247, 237)
HSL
hsl(33, 100%, 96%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.980 0.016 73.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.980 0.004 0.015)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 97.59, a* 0.98, b* 5.75
XYZ (D65)
X 89.78, Y 93.90, Z 93.50
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 3%, 7%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FFF7ED accessible?

Black text on it reaches 19.77:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.06:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    19.77:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +101

  • White text on it

    1.06:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.06:1

  • As text on black

    19.77:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −103

  • As text on white

    1.06:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.06:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #7C756C 4.54:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.98 to 0.56 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FFF7ED 19.77:1

    It already reaches 19.77:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFF7ED live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

The studio needs JavaScript.

Scale

Shades and tints of #FFF7ED

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFF7ED sits at step 50.

  1. 50This color#FFF7ED
    White
    1.06
    Black
    19.77
  2. 100#F1EAE2
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.60
  3. 200#DDD6CE
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.58
  4. 300#C4BCB4
    White
    1.87
    Black
    11.19
  5. 400#A7A097
    White
    2.58
    Black
    8.11
  6. 500#8C857C
    White
    3.64
    Black
    5.76
  7. 600#746D65
    White
    5.09
    Black
    4.11
  8. 700#5D574F
    White
    7.13
    Black
    2.94
  9. 800#443F37
    White
    10.43
    Black
    2.01
  10. 900#2D2822
    White
    14.60
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#191510
    White
    18.16
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 orange scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50This color#FFF7ED
    White
    1.06
    Black
    19.77
  2. 100#FFEDD5
    White
    1.14
    Black
    18.32
  3. 200#FED7AA
    White
    1.35
    Black
    15.51
  4. 300#FDBA74
    White
    1.68
    Black
    12.45
  5. 400#FB923C
    White
    2.26
    Black
    9.27
  6. 500#F97316
    White
    2.80
    Black
    7.49
  7. 600#EA580C
    White
    3.55
    Black
    5.89
  8. 700#C2410C
    White
    5.17
    Black
    4.05
  9. 800#9A3412
    White
    7.30
    Black
    2.87
  10. 900#7C2D12
    White
    9.37
    Black
    2.24
  11. 950#431407
    White
    15.65
    Black
    1.34

Gamut

How vivid #FFF7ED can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #FFF7ED: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.016
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
579 nm
Excitation purity
6%
Chromaticity
x 0.3239, y 0.3388

Mixing

Mixing #FFF7ED

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#FFFBF6
  • OKLab50%#FFFBF6
  • OKLCH50%#FFFBF6

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#807C77
  • OKLab50%#63605C
  • OKLCH50%#63605C
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fff7ed, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fff7ed 50%, white);

In use

#FFF7ED in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:119.77:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.06:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.06:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.06:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7C756C 4.54:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:119.77:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.64:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:117.64:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.64:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFF7ED looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 5.2 at most.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #FAF7EC ΔE2000 2.7

    Close match

    Reads as off-white

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #FCF9ED ΔE2000 2.9

    Close match

    Reads as off-white

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFF5F4 ΔE2000 4.9

    Close match

    Reads as off-white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #F8F8F8 ΔE2000 5.2

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFF7ED

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 950 #191510 · 17.10:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 700 #5D574F · 6.72:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 300 #C4BCB4 · 1.76:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-orange-50: #fff7ed;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as orange-50;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        orange: { 50: '#fff7ed' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own orange-50; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-orange-50: oklch(0.980 0.016 73.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "orange-50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.9686, 0.9294],
        "hex": "#fff7ed"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 orange-50"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let orange50 = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.969, blue: 0.929, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Orange50 = Color(0xFFFFF7ED)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #FFF7ED in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.