Catherine 29"
Camel
#F6C08A
Apricot
A Light Spring color
anchor color 10 of 10 in Light Spring. Also called Light Warm Spring in other systems.
By Kathleen Olsen · Updated November 11, 2026
Apricot is the Light Spring orange: a light, warm orange with enough yellow in it to read golden. It is one of the season's best colors at the face and one of the easiest to find, because retail sells a lot of it every summer. Eight points from Light Spring's peach, and too yellow for any Summer.
Apricot is an anchor color in Light Spring. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Peach #FBB080, a True Spring color, at a distance of 10: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.
At RGB 246, 192, 138 the red leads, the green is in the middle, and the blue is well below. The green sitting that high is what makes it apricot rather than peach: more yellow, less pink. The low blue keeps it warm. Push the red and drop the green and it becomes peach; drop the saturation and it moves toward light camel.
A Light Spring wears it as a warm, light color: a knit, a blouse, a summer dress, a linen shirt. It does what camel does for a True Spring, giving warmth to the skin without weight. It works with cream, soft stone, warm beige and light warm grey, and it pairs well with warm aqua and light warm periwinkle for a summer palette.
Retail calls it apricot, peach, melon, cantaloupe, papaya and sherbet. Peach and apricot are often used for the same color; the difference is that apricot has more yellow. A lot of apricot in stores is a shade greyed for a vintage look, and that version belongs to Soft Autumn. The clear one is in stock most summers.
The nearest colors are Light Spring's own peach at eight points and True Spring's peach at ten, close enough for the Springs to share. Light Spring's light camel is twelve points off and less saturated. True Autumn's golden tan is fifteen points away and deeper. Soft Autumn's warm beige and buttermilk are about seventeen points off and greyed, which is the thing to watch for on a rail.
The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).
Peach #FBB080
True Spring anchor · ΔE 10
Golden tan #C4A06A
True Autumn neutral · ΔE 15
Warm beige #D8C09A
True Spring neutral · ΔE 16
Warm beige #C7AE85
Soft Autumn neutral · ΔE 17
Camel #C29A5B
Bright Spring neutral · ΔE 17
Buttermilk #EBD9A8
Soft Autumn anchor · ΔE 17
As of November 11, 2026, 1 in-stock piece across Frank & Eileen sample within a close match of #F6C08A. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.
Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #F6C08A today, so they are the words to search for.
A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.
Yes. Apricot (#F6C08A) is an anchor color in the Light Spring palette. No other palette on the same side of the warm–cool line has a color near it, which makes it a reliable test for the season.
Yellow. Apricot has more yellow and reads golden; peach has more red and reads pink. Light Spring's apricot and peach are eight points apart, close enough to wear together, and both are in the palette.
Yes. True Spring's peach is ten points away, and on a True Spring apricot reads as a light warm color for summer. She can push it with coral and golden brown; a Light Spring keeps it with cream and soft stone.
For a Light Spring: cream, soft stone, warm beige, light warm grey, warm aqua, light warm periwinkle and light warm green. Apricot with warm aqua is the pairing to try first. Avoid black, which makes it look harsh, and cool grey, which makes it look muddy.
Not quite, but it can work like one. It is light and warm enough to wear in place of camel for a summer outfit, and it goes with every color in the palette. Light camel and soft stone are the true neutrals; apricot is the color that can stand in for them.
The Light Spring guide · All in-stock Light Spring pieces · ← Light warm periwinkle · All colors