#F09249

A light, vivid orange closely aligning with Sandybrown.

About #F09249

When working with digital screens, the color #F09249 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Sandybrown. Its digital footprint relies on 240 parts red, 146 parts green, and 73 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 39% magenta, 70% yellow, and 6% black. The HSL representation is 26.2° hue, 84.8% saturation, and 61.4% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F09249
RGB240, 146, 73
HSL26.2°, 84.8%, 61.4%
CMYK0%, 39%, 70%, 6%
HSV26.2°, 69.6%, 94.1%
LAB69.2, 29.5, 52.4
XYZ47.4, 39.6, 11.4
Decimal15766089

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.36:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.91:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.25:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.58:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F09249; }
.text-color { color: #F09249; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #F09249; }

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