#F3C7B3Taco (#F3C7B3) is a very light, muted orange with an OKLCH hue of 46°, lightness 0.86 and chroma 0.057. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #F3C7B3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(243, 199, 179) |
| HSL | hsl(19, 73%, 83%) |
| HSV | hsv(19, 26%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18%, 26%, 5%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(83.5 12.7 15.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.863 0.057 46) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Taco shifts subtly: gains intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: drifts toward red. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f9c1a7 — ΔE 1.8, shifts subtly: gains intensity#fac7af — ΔE 1.1, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#f3c7b3 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#f3c8b6 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: drifts toward redTest Taco in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.54:1 and against black 13.63:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
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.
#ffeee6 · #f3c7b3 · #bf9987 · #967465 · #6f5244 · #4a3126
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.
#fdd7b8 · #f3c7b3 · #e9aea4 · #d29b9f · #ba8999 · #a07991
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.
#f3c7b3 · #b8b398 · #b58772 · #817640 · #754e3c · #443e24
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.
#f3c7b3 · #7ab9d3 · #998982 · #826559 · #60483d · #3d2d26
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f3c7b3 · #aeb7ba · #877c77 · #484d50 · #261c18 · #000102
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.
#f3c7b3 · #b6a096 · #644b3f · #482f23 · #260d03 · #f07b3e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#eff2cb · #f3c7b3 · #c5bb8b · #276aaf · #2e3f6c · #0e082d
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#f3c7b3 · #a7b8c0 · #518a8a · #2f4d74 · #002525 · #000007
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f3c7b3 · #a8bab2 · #5b8a76 · #494573 · #1d193b · #000301
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f3c7b3 · #afb9aa · #6f8763 · #0c546b · #2a1433 · #00050b
#F5CEBC · #F7D5C6 · #F9DDD0 · #FBE4D9 · #FDEBE3
#C8A18F · #9F7D6D · #785B4D · #533A2F · #301D13
#ECC9BA · #E5CCC0 · #DECEC7
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.