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#FFB07F

Light Salmon · light warm orange

About #FFB07F

With the hex code #FFB07F, this is a light orange with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 69% green and 50% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 50% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Light Salmon — a ΔE of 9.0 — followed by Peach. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #7FCEFF, a baby blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red255
Green176
Blue127

Closest named colours

Light Salmon
#FFA07A · ΔE 9.0
Peach
#FFCBA4 · ΔE 16.1
Camel
#C19A6B · ΔE 20.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #FFB07F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light salmon #FFB07F.
1.78:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light salmon #FFB07F.
11.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FFB07F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FFB07F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6B87B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9C97F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFA1A4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FFB07F?

With the hex code #FFB07F, this is a light orange with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 100% red, 69% green and 50% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 50% yellow and 0% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #FFB07F?

Use black text. Black on #FFB07F has a contrast ratio of 11.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FFB07F?

Its complementary colour is #7FCEFF, and analogous partners are #FF7F8E and #FFF07F.