#F2A459#F2A459
#F2A459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.130 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F2A459 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(242, 164, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 85%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 63%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 63.2%, 5.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.65, 21.75, 49.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.65, 54.37, 66.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.08% 0.0594 0.1154) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.08% 0.13 62.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.7001, 46.1539, 15.6350) |
| Luminance | 0.4615 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.79
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.39
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.71
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.11
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.95
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F2A459 #59A7F2
analogous
#F2595A #F2A459 #F2F159
triadic
#F2A459 #59F2A4 #A459F2
tetradic
#F2A459 #5AF259 #59A7F2 #F159F2
square
#F2A459 #5AF259 #59A7F2 #F159F2
split-complementary
#F2A459 #59F2F1 #595AF2
monochromatic
#C1670F #EE8520 #F2A459 #F6C392 #FBE2CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.05
#F2A459 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.23
#F2A459 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F2A459
10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F2A459 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F2A459 | 1.00 | 2.05 | 10.23 | 10.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.05 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAA52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBC5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f2a459; /* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 164, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.130 62.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fbbf8a',
500: '#f2a459',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f2a459; $custom-light: #fbbf8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f2a459",
"rgb": {
"r": 242,
"g": 164,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.412,
"s": 85.475,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78084,
"c": 0.12975,
"h": 62.8
},
"luminance": 0.46149
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F2A459
secondary
#B9D4ED
accent
#75E204
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D