Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Soft Peach

Soft Peach is a pastel orange color with HEX #FAD7A0. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 250, 215, 160, HSL 37, 90%, 80%, warm temperature, and is useful for soft UI backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design.

#FAD7A0 orange warm pastel
HEX #FAD7A0
RGB rgb(250, 215, 160)
HSL hsl(37 90% 80%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 14, 36, 2)
Luminance 0.7146
Contrast Black 15.29:1White 1.37:1

CSS Utilities

--color-soft-peach: #FAD7A0;
.bg-soft-peach { background-color: #FAD7A0; }
.text-soft-peach { color: #FAD7A0; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.7146
Black text15.29:1AA Pass
White text1.37:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{
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    215,
    160
  ],
  "hsl": [
    37,
    90,
    80
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    14,
    36,
    2
  ],
  "luminance": 0.7146,
  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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    "#EFFA9E"
  ],
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    "#9EFAD7",
    "#D79EFA"
  ],
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    "#9EC1FA",
    "#FA9EEF"
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    "#A99EFA"
  ],
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    "#FEFBF5",
    "#FAD7A0",
    "#F5B247"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#FEFBF5",
  "dark": "#F5B247",
  "saturated": "#FFD899",
  "desaturated": "#EFD4A9",
  "pastel": "#FFFFFF",
  "neon": "#FFE8C2"
}
Pairings
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  ],
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  ],
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    "#F5F5F5",
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  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
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    "#FEFBF5",
    "#EFD4A9"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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  ],
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      "/harmonies/soft-peach",
      "/wcag/soft-peach",
      "/css/colors/soft-peach",
      "/hex/fad7a0"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "name": "Soft Peach",
  "hex": "#FAD7A0",
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    "pastel palettes",
    "gentle product design"
  ],
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      "care",
      "lightness"
    ],
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      "wellness",
      "beauty",
      "children products",
      "lifestyle"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "high-contrast operational alerts"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [],
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  "confidence": "medium",
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  "sourceUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/assets/colors.json",
  "origin": {
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  },
  "family": "orange",
  "temperature": "warm",
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  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
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  "popularity": 84,
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    "neon": "#FFE8C2"
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      "#FEFBF5"
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Soft Peach Color

Soft Peach sits in the orange family with warm temperature and pastel visual character. Soft Peach is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include softness, care, and lightness, which makes it relevant for wellness and beauty. In design work, Soft Peach is most useful for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Orange color familyBrowse named orange colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Pastel colorsFind colors with pastel visual character.Soft Peach accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #FAD7A0.Soft Peach CSS utilitiesUse Soft Peach in CSS variables and utility classes.#FAD7A0 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Soft Peach paletteOpen the generated palette based on Soft Peach.Soft Peach harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Soft Peach against black and white text.

Black text15.29:1AA Pass
White text1.37:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Navajo White#FFDEAD
Vanilla#F3E5AB
Apricot#FBCEB1
Wheat#F5DEB3
Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Color Harmonies

#9EC1FA#9EC1FA
#FAA99E#FAA99E
#EFFA9E#EFFA9E
#9EFAD7#9EFAD7
#D79EFA#D79EFA
Open full Soft Peach harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#FEFBF5#FEFBF5
#F5B247#F5B247
#FFD899#FFD899
#EFD4A9#EFD4A9
White#FFFFFF
#FFE8C2#FFE8C2

Pairings

Black#000000
#9EC1FA#9EC1FA
#FAA99E#FAA99E
#EFFA9E#EFFA9E
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5