Prosecco #FAD6A5

Prosecco (#FAD6A5) is a very light, soft orange with an OKLCH hue of 75°, lightness 0.89 and chroma 0.075. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#FAD6A5
RGBrgb(250, 214, 165)
HSLhsl(35, 89%, 81%)
HSVhsv(35, 34%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 34%, 2%)
CIE Lablab(87.6 5.8 28.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.895 0.075 75)

How Prosecco behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Prosecco shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Prosecco in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.38:1 and against black 15.23:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Prosecco

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffefda · #fad6a5 · #bb9d73 · #937852 · #6c5534 · #473417

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#fad6a5 · #edbe9b · #dca893 · #c9948d · #b38187 · #9c7080

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#fad6a5 · #b5c1a7 · #b49870 · #728756 · #765d3a · #404b32

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#fad6a5 · #c2b7a9 · #6889b4 · #64543d · #453623 · #251c10

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fad6a5 · #bbc0c6 · #8b857c · #4d5155 · #262017 · #010204

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#ecf2fa · #c3cad3 · #969ea8 · #1d2632 · #01050f · #fad6a5

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#f4f8d1 · #fad6a5 · #c7cda3 · #1d7193 · #344363 · #051213

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#fad6a5 · #b6c0ce · #5d8ea1 · #4c4a78 · #002532 · #010007

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#fad6a5 · #afc4c4 · #589191 · #60436d · #2c1635 · #000202

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fad6a5 · #b3c4bc · #63927d · #335279 · #351228 · #000108

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FBDBB0 · #FBE0BB · #FCE5C6 · #FDEAD1 · #FDEFDB

Shades

#CEAE82 · #A38760 · #7B6240 · #544022 · #302006

Muted

#F4D8B1 · #EED9BD · #E7DAC9

Using Prosecco

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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