#F0A459#F0A459
#F0A459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.128 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F0A459 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(240, 164, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 83%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 63%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 62.9%, 5.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.42, 20.93, 49.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.42, 53.75, 67.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.86% 0.0571 0.1147) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.86% 0.128 63.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.0172, 45.8018, 15.6030) |
| Luminance | 0.4580 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.15
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.81
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.95
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.07
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.22
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F0A459 #59A5F0
analogous
#F0595A #F0A459 #F0EF59
triadic
#F0A459 #59F0A4 #A459F0
tetradic
#F0A459 #5AF059 #59A5F0 #EF59F0
square
#F0A459 #5AF059 #59A5F0 #EF59F0
split-complementary
#F0A459 #59F0EF #595AF0
monochromatic
#BD6711 #EB8521 #F0A459 #F5C391 #FAE2C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#F0A459 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.16
#F0A459 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F0A459
10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F0A459 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F0A459 | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.16 | 10.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAA52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBB5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f0a459; /* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 164, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.128 63.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f9bf8a',
500: '#f0a459',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f0a459; $custom-light: #f9bf8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f0a459",
"rgb": {
"r": 240,
"g": 164,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.801,
"s": 83.425,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77857,
"c": 0.12814,
"h": 63.6
},
"luminance": 0.45797
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F0A459
secondary
#B8D3EC
accent
#73E006
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D