#F3A259#F3A259
#F3A259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.131 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F3A259 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(243, 162, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 87%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 63%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 63.4%, 4.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.30, 23.21, 49.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.30, 54.64, 64.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.84% 0.0636 0.1146) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.84% 0.131 60.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.6892, 45.6212, 15.5327) |
| Luminance | 0.4562 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.10
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 2.33
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 3.84
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.04
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.86
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F3A259 #59AAF3
analogous
#F3595D #F3A259 #F3EF59
triadic
#F3A259 #59F3A2 #A259F3
tetradic
#F3A259 #5DF359 #59AAF3 #EF59F3
square
#F3A259 #5DF359 #59AAF3 #EF59F3
split-complementary
#F3A259 #59F3EF #595DF3
monochromatic
#C3640E #EF8220 #F3A259 #F7C292 #FBE2CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#F3A259 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.12
#F3A259 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F3A259
10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F3A259 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F3A259 | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.12 | 10.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA952
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBB5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9091
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f3a259; /* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 162, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.131 60.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fcbd8a',
500: '#f3a259',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f3a259; $custom-light: #fcbd8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f3a259",
"rgb": {
"r": 243,
"g": 162,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.442,
"s": 86.517,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7784,
"c": 0.13104,
"h": 60.9
},
"luminance": 0.45617
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F3A259
secondary
#BAD5EE
accent
#79E302
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D