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Scale from white (50) through Peach (500) to black (900), interpolated in Lab color space.
Color Values
- HEX
- #FFCBA4
- RGB
- rgb(255, 203, 164)
- HSL
- hsl(26, 100%, 82%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.879 0.078 58)
- CMYK
- cmyk(0%, 20%, 36%, 0%)
--color-peachbg-[#FFCBA4]Accessibility
Score: 48/100On White (#FFF)
1.47:1
On Black (#000)
14.33:1
On Light Gray (#F5F5F5)
1.34:1
Best text color on this background:
Design Applications
background-color: #FFCBA4
color: #FFCBA4
bg-[#FFCBA4] text-[#000000]
border-left: 4px solid #FFCBA4
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Celestial Blue
#4997D0
Split-Complementary
Similar Colors
Color Meaning & Psychology
Orange sits at the intersection of red's intensity and yellow's optimism. It is the warmest color in the spectrum and carries associations with harvest, health, and human warmth. Unlike red, orange is rarely perceived as aggressive — it feels friendly, approachable, and energetic. In marketing, orange signals affordability and value; premium brands tend to avoid it for this reason. Deeper burnt oranges feel earthy and artisanal; bright oranges feel playful and modern. Orange has the highest visibility against a blue sky or ocean, making it the safety color for life vests and warning signs. Its lighter value makes it approachable and soft — suitable for backgrounds, secondary UI states, and contexts requiring the hue's character without full intensity.
Industry Usage
Common contexts and industries where Peach is applied in professional design.
- Technology and startup branding
- Food delivery and restaurant chains
- Outdoor recreation and adventure brands
- Construction and industrial safety equipment
- Health and wellness products emphasizing energy
- Home improvement and DIY retail
- Youth and education brands
- Budget and value-oriented retail
Accessibility Considerations
Normal Text
Fails AA
4.5:1 minimum required
Large Text
Fails AA Large
3:1 minimum required
UI Components
Check contrast
3:1 for non-text UI
Peach is a light color. Use black (#000000) text on top of it for maximum readability (14.33:1). Avoid white text on this background.
CSS & Code Examples
Background
background-color: #FFCBA4;Text
color: #FFCBA4;Border
border: 2px solid #FFCBA4;Box Shadow
box-shadow: 0 4px 20px #FFCBA440;Gradient
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFCBA4, #fffed6);Tailwind-style
--color-peach: #FFCBA4;Tailwind CSS Utilities
Use arbitrary value syntax in Tailwind CSS to apply Peach without a custom config.
Background
bg-[#FFCBA4]Text
text-[#FFCBA4]Border
border-[#FFCBA4]Ring
ring-[#FFCBA4]Fill
fill-[#FFCBA4]From (gradient)
from-[#FFCBA4]Via (gradient)
via-[#FFCBA4]To (gradient)
to-[#FFCBA4]Design Tokens
Ready-to-use Peach design token in CSS custom properties, SCSS, Tailwind v3/v4, and JSON formats.
CSS Custom Properties
:root {
--color-peach: #FFCBA4;
--color-peach-rgb: 255, 203, 164;
--color-peach-hsl: 26, 100%, 82%;
}SCSS Variables
$color-peach: #FFCBA4; $color-peach-rgb: 255, 203, 164; $color-peach-hsl: 26, 100%, 82%;
Tailwind v3 Config
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'peach': '#FFCBA4',
},
},
},
};Tailwind v4 (@theme)
/* tailwind.css */
@theme {
--color-peach: #FFCBA4;
}JSON Design Token (W3C format)
{
"peach": {
"value": "#FFCBA4",
"type": "color",
"description": "Peach — #FFCBA4"
}
}Related Palettes & Combinations
Color Combinations
More orange colors
View all →What Does Peach Mean? Color Psychology & Cultural Symbolism
The color Peach communicates warmth through the universal language of warmth. Orange tones sit at the intersection of solar energy (yellow) and vital intensity (red), and this particular shade carries that synthesis into a quality of warmth that designers can deploy as an invitation to act.
- Across color psychology research, orange consistently tests high for "friendly" associations, making Peach a reliable vehicle for warmth in cross-demographic audiences.
- Brand designers draw on orange-family tones to project energetic and creative—values that Peach communicates in a light key.
- At 100% saturation, Peach reads as vivid—Pure saturated oranges are impossible to ignore—they pulse with kinetic energy and work exceptionally well for sports brands, gaming, and anything that needs to project confidence and action.
- Peach's light lightness (82%) shifts its psychological register: Peach and apricot tones soften orange's enthusiasm into a gentle, nurturing warmth—popular in wellness, food, and lifestyle branding.
In a well-balanced palette, Peach is the detail that makes everything feel alive—small in proportion, large in effect.
How to Use Peach in Design: Applications, Pairings & Best Practices
In UI design, Peach works particularly well for notification states, pricing callouts, and secondary CTAs—it has enough visual energy to demand attention without the alarm associations of red.
- Avoid: luxury or premium positioning (reads as affordable, not exclusive), healthcare clinical contexts (may seem too casual), and B2B enterprise tools where seriousness is required.
- Color harmonies: Peach's complementary color creates a high-energy split ideal for promotional design; its analogous palette (±30° hue) builds cohesive, monochromatic sophistication.
- Proportional use: Peach's vivid saturation (100%) means small applications—accents, highlights, icons—deliver maximum impact without visual fatigue. Reserve large-scale use for intentional brand moments.
- Peach creates strong legibility with black text overlays (14.3:1 contrast ratio), making it a reliable background or surface color in design systems
- Typography: Peach as text requires a dark background; its 82% lightness means it provides 1.5:1 contrast on white, not meeting WCAG AA.
In a well-balanced palette, Peach is the detail that makes everything feel alive—small in proportion, large in effect.
Peach Accessibility: WCAG Contrast Ratios, Color Blindness & Inclusive Design
Peach (#FFCBA4) achieves a 14.33:1 contrast ratio with black text, surpassing the WCAG 2.1 AAA threshold of 7:1. This exceptional contrast qualifies it for body text, UI components at any size, and all accessibility-sensitive interface contexts. Relative luminance: 66.6%.
- As text on white (#FFFFFF): 1.47:1 — Fail
- As text on black (#000000): 14.33:1 — AAA ✓
- Best text color on Peach background: Black (#000000) at 14.33:1
- WCAG 2.1 luminance: 66.6% — above-median luminance—it reads as a light to mid-tone background, compatible with dark text while retaining color personality
- Peach qualifies for all text sizes including small body copy (AAA).
- Color blindness consideration: protanopia and deuteranopia (red-green color blindness, ~8% of males) may affect how orange-family colors are distinguished from greens and browns. For critical UI states, supplement color alone with shape, label, or pattern cues.
Peach's WCAG profile makes it a compliant choice for most text applications.
Peach in Industry: Branding, Design & Market Applications
Peach (#FFCBA4) is most at home in industries where enthusiasm, warmth, creativity, and accessibility are key brand values. Its light quality makes it particularly effective in Food & Beverage contexts, where the vivid saturation signals energy at exactly the right register.
- Food & Beverage: Orange stimulates appetite almost as effectively as red while feeling friendlier and more playful. Food delivery apps, snack brands, and casual dining chains use it to communicate deliciousness and accessibility. (examples: Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Blue Bottle Coffee) Pairs well with white for clean, appetizing digital food interfaces.
- Sports & Fitness: Orange communicates high energy, competitive drive, and athletic enthusiasm. It's a popular secondary color in sports branding precisely because it energizes without the urgency or danger association of red. (examples: Nike, Gatorade, Under Armour) Orange-and-black is a classic high-visibility sports palette used from road construction to professional teams.
- Technology & Startups: Challenger tech brands use orange to signal they're energetic, user-friendly, and disrupting stuffy industries. It positions a product as approachable and human without sacrificing ambition. (examples: Apple, Microsoft, Salesforce) Works better for B2C tools and consumer products than for enterprise SaaS where trust and professionalism dominate.
- Brand positioning: Peach is best suited for brands projecting energetic, creative, accessible. Categories outside this positioning—luxury or premium positioning (reads as affordable—tend to see weaker results.
- Adjacent applications: Beyond primary industries, Peach works effectively in pricing callouts, casual branding, promotional elements—contexts where energy serves a secondary but reinforcing role.
The industries where Peach performs best are those where the audience expects energy. Build brand strategy around this alignment, not against it.
Accessibility & Design Guides
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the hex code for Peach? ▾
- The hex code for Peach is #FFCBA4. Its RGB values are rgb(255, 203, 164) and its HSL values are hsl(26, 100%, 82%).
- What does Peach mean in design? ▾
- Orange sits at the intersection of red's intensity and yellow's optimism. It is the warmest color in the spectrum and carries associations with harvest, health, and human warmth. Unlike red, orange is rarely perceived as aggressive — it feels friendly, approachable, and energetic. In marketing, orange signals affordability and value; premium brands tend to avoid it for this reason. Deeper burnt oranges feel earthy and artisanal; bright oranges feel playful and modern. Orange has the highest visibility against a blue sky or ocean, making it the safety color for life vests and warning signs. Its lighter value makes it approachable and soft — suitable for backgrounds, secondary UI states, and contexts requiring the hue's character without full intensity.
- Is Peach WCAG accessible? ▾
- Peach (#FFCBA4) does not pass WCAG AA on white (1.47:1 ratio). Use it on dark backgrounds where it achieves 14.33:1. Its overall accessibility score is 48/100.
- What colors go well with Peach? ▾
- Peach pairs well with its complementary color Celestial Blue (#4997D0). Analogous colors like Venetian Red and Poppy also work harmoniously. Check the Color Harmonies section above for the full palette.
- What is Peach used for? ▾
- Peach is commonly used for: Technology and startup branding; Food delivery and restaurant chains; Outdoor recreation and adventure brands; Construction and industrial safety equipment; Health and wellness products emphasizing energy.
- What are the CSS and Tailwind values for Peach? ▾
- In CSS, use `color: #FFCBA4` or `background-color: #FFCBA4`. The CSS custom property is `--color-peach: #FFCBA4`. In Tailwind CSS, use the arbitrary value class `bg-[#FFCBA4]` for backgrounds or `text-[#FFCBA4]` for text.