#F3A159#F3A159
#F3A159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.131 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F3A159 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(243, 161, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 87%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 63%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 63.4%, 4.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.07, 23.74, 49.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.07, 54.63, 64.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.66% 0.0652 0.114) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.66% 0.131 60.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.5138, 45.2703, 15.4743) |
| Luminance | 0.4527 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.02
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.51
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.65
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.02
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.02
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F3A159 #59ABF3
analogous
#F3595E #F3A159 #F3EE59
triadic
#F3A159 #59F3A1 #A159F3
tetradic
#F3A159 #5EF359 #59ABF3 #EE59F3
square
#F3A159 #5EF359 #59ABF3 #EE59F3
split-complementary
#F3A159 #59F3EE #595EF3
monochromatic
#C3630E #EF8120 #F3A159 #F7C192 #FBE2CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.09
#F3A159 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.05
#F3A159 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F3A159
10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F3A159 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F3A159 | 1.00 | 2.09 | 10.05 | 10.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.09 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA852
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBB5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8F90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f3a159; /* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 161, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.131 60.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fcbd8a',
500: '#f3a159',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f3a159; $custom-light: #fcbd8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f3a159",
"rgb": {
"r": 243,
"g": 161,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.052,
"s": 86.517,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77662,
"c": 0.13132,
"h": 60.2
},
"luminance": 0.45266
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F3A159
secondary
#BAD6EE
accent
#7AE302
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D