What color is #FE653C?

#FE653C is a vivid red known as Halloween. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Halloween?

The RGB value is 254, 101, 60: 254 red, 101 green and 60 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Halloween?

The complementary color is #3CD5FE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FE653C?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 and white text 2.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Halloween color: hex code #FE653C

#FE653C rgb(254, 101, 60)

Shades of orange

Halloween has the hex code #FE653C. It is a vivid red.

In the RGB color model it is made of 99.6% red, 39.6% green and 23.5% blue (254, 101, 60).

Its hue angle is 13°, with 99% saturation and 62% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 60% magenta, 76% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.14:1).

Halloween (#FE653C) color codes

HEX	`#FE653C`
RGB	`rgb(254, 101, 60)`
RGB percent	`rgb(99.6%, 39.6%, 23.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(13, 99%, 62%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(13, 76%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 60%, 76%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.26, 56.21, 52.01)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.26, 76.58, 42.78)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(46.347, 30.711, 7.761)`
Decimal	`16672060`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Halloween, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FE653C	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.14:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.94:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FE653C as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.94:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.14:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FE653C looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #fe653c; }
.text { color: #fe653c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fe653c; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(254 101 60 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #fe653c, #fec63c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FE653C on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FE653C?: #FE653C is a vivid red known as Halloween. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Halloween?: The RGB value is 254, 101, 60: 254 red, 101 green and 60 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Halloween?: The complementary color is #3CD5FE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FE653C?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 and white text 2.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.