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#f28500 Tangerine

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f28500 (Tangerine) is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 94.9% red, 52.16% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.04% magenta, 100% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 32.98°, with 100% saturation and 47.45% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.3565

Complementary

  1. #f28500
  2. #006df2

Split complementary

  1. #f28500
  2. #00e6f2
  3. #0c00f2

Analogous

  1. #f20c00
  2. #f28500
  3. #e6f200

Triadic

  1. #f28500
  2. #00f285
  3. #8500f2

Tetradic

  1. #f28500
  2. #6df200
  3. #006df2
  4. #8500f2

Square

  1. #f28500
  2. #00f20c
  3. #006df2
  4. #f200e6

Monochromatic

  1. #593100
  2. #a55b00
  3. #f28500
  4. #ffa93f
  5. #ffcb8c

Shades

#f28500 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f28500
  2. #da7800
  3. #c26a00
  4. #a95d00
  5. #915000
  6. #794300
  7. #613500
  8. #492800
  9. #301b00
  10. #180d00
  11. #000000

Tints

#f28500 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f28500
  2. #f3911a
  3. #f59d33
  4. #f6aa4d
  5. #f7b666
  6. #f9c280
  7. #face99
  8. #fbdab3
  9. #fce7cc
  10. #fef3e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f28500 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f28500
  2. #e7850d
  3. #db841a
  4. #d08426
  5. #c48333
  6. #b98340
  7. #ae824d
  8. #a2825a
  9. #978166
  10. #8b8173
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7977f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ab00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6c71 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c98d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d69d00 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7759 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f28500 {
  color: #f28500;
}
Background
.bg-f28500 {
  background-color: #f28500;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f28500 {
  border: 2px solid #f28500;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f28500;
  --color-primary-rgb: 242 133 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 33 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f28500 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f28500, #e6f200);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f28500 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(242 133 0 / 0.35);
}

#ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 2.66 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 2.97 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.08 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 3.84 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 7.52 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 7.61 #0d7aff Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Tangerine
#f28500  rgb(242, 133, 0)  hsl(33, 100%, 47%)  Tangerine
#006df2  rgb(0, 109, 242)  hsl(213, 100%, 47%)  Brandeis Blue
#00f285  rgb(0, 242, 133)  hsl(153, 100%, 47%)  Medium Spring Green
#8500f2  rgb(133, 0, 242)  hsl(273, 100%, 47%)  Electric Violet