#FF7524

A medium, vivid orange closely aligning with Darkorange.

About #FF7524

At its core, #FF7524 is a medium and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkorange. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(255, 117, 36).

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 54% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 22.2° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 57.1% 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. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#FF7524
RGB255, 117, 36
HSL22.2°, 100.0%, 57.1%
CMYK0%, 54%, 86%, 0%
HSV22.2°, 85.9%, 100.0%
LAB65.0, 48.6, 64.8
XYZ47.9, 34.1, 5.7
Decimal16741668

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.68:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.82:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.57:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.65:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #FF7524; }
.text-color { color: #FF7524; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #FF7524; }

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