#F8A849

A light, vivid orange closely aligning with Sandybrown.

About #F8A849

When working with digital screens, the color #F8A849 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Sandybrown. Its digital footprint relies on 248 parts red, 168 parts green, and 73 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 32% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F8A849
RGB248, 168, 73
HSL32.6°, 92.6%, 62.9%
CMYK0%, 32%, 71%, 3%
HSV32.6°, 70.6%, 97.3%
LAB75.1, 21.2, 59.1
XYZ53.9, 48.4, 12.8
Decimal16296009

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.96:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.69:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.88:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.09:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F8A849; }
.text-color { color: #F8A849; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #F8A849; }

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