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Tangerine Pearl Clear
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Tangerine Pearl Clear

Orange · Hue 25
Metrics
S 54% · L 84%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.4:1Failon black14.6:1AA
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About this color

Tangerine Pearl Clear (#ECD3C0) belongs to the orange family — hue 25°, 54% saturation, 84% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-tangerine-pearl-clear: #ECD3C0;
  --colorarchive-tangerine-pearl-clear-hsl: hsl(25, 54%, 84%);
  --colorarchive-tangerine-pearl-clear-rgb: rgb(236, 211, 192);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

CheerfulApproachableWarm
Common in

Children's Products · Wellness · Social Apps

Pairs well with

Soft teal for playful contrast, warm white for minimalism

Design tip

Perfect for onboarding screens and friendly UI. Light oranges feel welcoming without the intensity of pure orange.

Cultural context ▶

Peach and apricot tones are associated with friendliness and optimism. In many Asian cultures, orange symbolizes happiness.

Color Origins

Orange family

Citrus, fire, and a color named after a fruit.

Heritage

Orange is unusual: in English the color was named after the fruit, not the other way around — the fruit's name arrived in the 14th century, but until the 16th century this hue was simply 'yellow-red'. Earlier pigments included realgar (toxic), saffron (priceless), and orpiment. Cadmium orange, introduced in the 19th century, gave painters from the Impressionists onward a stable, brilliant orange — though cadmium is itself toxic.

Across cultures

In Hindu and Buddhist tradition saffron orange marks renunciation — the robe of Hindu sannyasis and of Theravada monks. The Dutch House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a national identity color, still worn at football matches and on King's Day. In Ireland, orange is the Protestant counterpart to green's Catholic association — the country's flag literally encodes the divide. Halloween's orange-and-black is a 20th-century American invention that has since gone global.

In the wild

Hermès orange is a brand asset traceable to a 1942 wartime cardboard shortage. Penguin Books color-coded its early paperbacks by genre — orange meant general fiction. Nickelodeon, Fanta, and easyJet all use orange, which reads playful and consumer-friendly while staying outside the more crowded red and yellow lanes. NASA's shuttle-era launch-and-entry suits were International Orange so rescue crews could spot astronauts after a bailout over the ocean.

How it reads

Orange is warm without the urgency of red. It signals appetite (used heavily in fast food), creativity, and approachability. At low saturation it becomes terracotta, rust, or apricot — earthy palettes for hospitality and craft. At high saturation it reads as a sport, energy drink, or warning hazard. Orange and teal is a familiar modern film-grade pairing; the contrast between warm skin tones and cool shadows is engineered for it.

This particular tone

A bright, airy reading of the hue — clean and approachable, the kind of color that holds up well in product photography and on light backgrounds.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is a common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #ECD3C0.

  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →
  • Anthropicneutral
    Light Gray · #E8E6DC
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #ECD3C0.

  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →
  • Italy (Tuscany)Tuscan Cream
    #EDDFC6 · Travertine limestone
    →
  • IcelandLopapeysa Cream
    #E8DFCC · Undyed Icelandic sheep wool
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using orange and color in design.

Color TheoryWarm Color Palette Guide: Reds, Oranges, Yellows, and Their NeutralsColor History1970s Earth Tone Colors: Harvest Gold, Avocado Green & Burnt Orange PalettesColor TheoryColor Temperature in Design: Warm vs. Cool and How to Use the Difference

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Tangerine Mist Clear
#F3E3D8 · hsl(25, 54%, 90%)
Darker companion
Tangerine Bloom Clear
#E3BCA1 · hsl(25, 54%, 76%)
Complementary counterpoint
Steel Pearl Clear
#C0DAEC · hsl(205, 54%, 84%)
Analogous lead
Amber Pearl Clear
#ECE5C0 · hsl(50, 54%, 84%)
Analogous echo
Crimson Pearl Clear
#ECC0C0 · hsl(0, 54%, 84%)
Triadic +120°
Celadon Pearl Clear
#C0ECD3 · hsl(145, 54%, 84%)
Triadic +240°
Orchid Pearl Clear
#CFC0EC · hsl(260, 54%, 84%)
Split-comp +150°
Cyan Pearl Clear
#C0ECE9 · hsl(175, 54%, 84%)
Split-comp +210°
Indigo Pearl Clear
#C0C8EC · hsl(230, 54%, 84%)
Export preview
Base: Tangerine Pearl Clear #ECD3C0
Lighter companion: Tangerine Mist Clear #F3E3D8
Darker companion: Tangerine Bloom Clear #E3BCA1
Complementary counterpoint: Steel Pearl Clear #C0DAEC
Analogous lead: Amber Pearl Clear #ECE5C0
Analogous echo: Crimson Pearl Clear #ECC0C0
Triadic +120°: Celadon Pearl Clear #C0ECD3
Triadic +240°: Orchid Pearl Clear #CFC0EC
Split-comp +150°: Cyan Pearl Clear #C0ECE9
Split-comp +210°: Indigo Pearl Clear #C0C8EC

Compare

See how Tangerine Pearl Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsTangerine Mist ClearvsTangerine Bloom ClearvsSteel Pearl ClearvsAmber Pearl ClearvsCrimson Pearl ClearvsCeladon Pearl Clear

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Tangerine Mist Clear
#F3E3D8 · hsl(25, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Ember Pearl Clear
#ECCFC0 · hsl(20, 54%, 84%)
Nearby match
Coral Pearl Clear
#ECD6C0 · hsl(30, 54%, 84%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Bloom Clear
#E3BCA1 · hsl(25, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Whisper Clear
#F8EEE7 · hsl(25, 54%, 94%)
Nearby match
Tangerine Pearl Soft
#E4D4C8 · hsl(25, 34%, 84%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA8.8:1
Steel Nocturne Faint
#2E3438
AAA8.8:1
Steel Nocturne Muted
#2A353C
AAA8.8:1
Steel Nocturne Dust
#263540
AAA8.7:1
Steel Nocturne Soft
#223644
AAA8.5:1
Steel Nocturne Clear
#17384F
AAA8.4:1
Steel Nocturne Vivid
#0D3959

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#E3E5C6
Protanopia
#E2E1C5
Tritanopia
#EBC9C9
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Tangerine Pearl Faint#DAD6D2 · hsl(25, 10%, 84%)Tangerine Pearl Muted#DED5CF · hsl(25, 18%, 84%)Tangerine Pearl Dust#E1D4CC · hsl(25, 26%, 84%)Tangerine Pearl Soft#E4D4C8 · hsl(25, 34%, 84%)Tangerine Pearl Clear#ECD3C0 · hsl(25, 54%, 84%)Tangerine Pearl Vivid#F4D1B8 · hsl(25, 74%, 84%)Tangerine Pearl Bright#F8D0B4 · hsl(25, 84%, 84%)Tangerine Pearl Pure#FCD0B1 · hsl(25, 92%, 84%)
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