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#f06c13

a balanced, electric orange · warm · closest name: Chocolate

Token name suggestion: Atlas Apricot

RGB
240, 108, 19
HSL
24°, 88%, 51%
CMYK
0, 55, 92, 6
Luminance
0.2930

#f06c13 is a balanced electric orange, 24° on the wheel and 3/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.86:1). As text it scores 3.06:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Chocolate, nearest Tailwind family is orange.

hsl(24 88% 51%)rgb(240 108 19)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f06c13 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f06c13
Hue
24°
orange
Saturation
88%
electric
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
61%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2930
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
3/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
6.86:1
Closest name
Chocolate
ΔE2000 5.7
Chroma
80.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.682
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
orange
500 · ΔE 2.4
Web-safe
#FF6600
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue24° of 360°
Saturation88%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f06c13.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool3% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red63%
Green37%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#f06c13
HEX (8-digit)#f06c13ff
RGBrgb(240, 108, 19)
RGBArgba(240, 108, 19, 1)
HSLhsl(24, 88%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24, 92%, 94%)
HWBhwb(24 7% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 55%, 92%, 6%)
LABlab(61.0 47.0 65.9)
LCHlch(61.0 80.9 54.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.682 0.184 46.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(41.42, 29.30, 4.09)
Decimal15756307
Display P3color(display-p3 0.941 0.424 0.075)
Web-safe#FF6600

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f06c13;
background-color: #f06c13;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f06c13;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f06c13] bg-[#f06c13]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f06c13;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.941, green: 0.424, blue: 0.075)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.941, green: 0.424, blue: 0.075, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F06C13</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF06C13)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF06C13)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(19, 108, 240)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(240, 108, 19)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(240, 108, 19)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 108, 19)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9412f, 0.4235f, 0.0745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{240,108,19}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f06c13 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f06c13 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#783508, #EEDED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f06c13 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDF6F2;
  --brand-100: #FAEEE5;
  --brand-200: #F8D9C4;
  --brand-300: #F8BD96;
  --brand-400: #F59D61;
  --brand-500: #F27C2C;
  --brand-600: #f06c13;
  --brand-700: #C0550C;
  --brand-800: #99440A;
  --brand-900: #6F340C;
  --brand-950: #452007;
  --brand: #f06c13;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD2C0;
  --brand-hover: #D25D0D;
  --brand-pressed: #B04E0B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241A14;
    --brand-ink: #EEDED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF6F2',
        100: '#FAEEE5',
        200: '#F8D9C4',
        300: '#F8BD96',
        400: '#F59D61',
        500: '#F27C2C',
        600: '#f06c13',
        700: '#C0550C',
        800: '#99440A',
        900: '#6F340C',
        950: '#452007',
        DEFAULT: '#f06c13',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF6F2,
  '100': #FAEEE5,
  '200': #F8D9C4,
  '300': #F8BD96,
  '400': #F59D61,
  '500': #F27C2C,
  '600': #f06c13,
  '700': #C0550C,
  '800': #99440A,
  '900': #6F340C,
  '950': #452007,
);
$brand-base: #f06c13;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF6F2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAEEE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F8D9C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F8BD96", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F59D61", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F27C2C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#f06c13", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C0550C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#99440A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6F340C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#452007", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #f06c13 · 6.86:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.06:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.86:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #f06c13 as text scores 3.06:1 on white and 6.86:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #783508 at 2.97:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#BF540C · 4.68:1
AA on white−11% L
#BF540C
The quick fox
#8F3F09 · 7.28:1
AAA on white−21% L
#8F3F09
The quick fox
#f06c13 · 6.86:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f06c13
The quick fox
#F1721D · 7.16:1
AAA on black+2% L
#F1721D

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F06C13 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f06c13 on white: 3.06:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f06c13 on black: 6.86:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f06c13 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f06c13.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.06:1AaAa
Slate 502.93:1AaAa
Slate 1002.79:1AaAa
Slate 2002.48:1AaAa
Slate 3002.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.19:1AaAa
Slate 5001.55:1AaAa
Slate 6002.48:1AaAa
Slate 7003.38:1AaAa
Slate 8004.78:1AaAa
Slate 9005.83:1AaAa
Black6.86:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #928100
deuteranopia · #B29F08
tritanopia · #FF4C5D

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #f06c13 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF6F2
#FAEEE5
#F8D9C4
#F8BD96
#F59D61
#F27C2C
#f06c13
#C0550C
#99440A
#6F340C
#452007
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FDF6F2Darkest = 950 · #452007Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.046 46.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.073 46.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.110 46.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.143 46.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.169 46.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.184 46.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.184 46.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.173 46.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.154 46.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.129 46.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.101 46.7);
}

Colors that work with #f06c13

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF7F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDD2C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B6B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#08A7C4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#783508
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDF0E7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241A14
Dark-mode background
Hover#D25D0D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B04E0B
Two steps down
Disabled#C9B7AA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FD761B
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f06c13

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #783508
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight49/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#1397F0
Analogous left#F01328
Analogous right#F0DB13
Split-complement 1#13F0DB
Split-complement 2#1328F0
Triadic 1#13F06C
Triadic 2#6C13F0
Tetradic#28F013
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°24°

#f06c13 sits at 24°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.1%
Green42.4%
Blue7.5%
R · 0–255
240
0xf0
G · 0–255
108
0x6c
B · 0–255
19
0x13

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta55.0%
Yellow92.1%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 153%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f06c13 text on a black background

contrast 6.86:1

Card sample

#f06c13 text on a white background

contrast 3.06:1

Card sample

#f06c13 on grey

2.79:1

#f06c13 on its own surface

2.87:1

#f06c13 on its dark surface

5.56:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f06c13;
Background color
Panel with #f06c13 background
background-color: #f06c13;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f06c13;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(240, 108, 19, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(240, 108, 19, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f06c13;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f06c13, #E0F013);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f06c13, #A9F013);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f06c13;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f06c13;
caret-color: #f06c13;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f06c13;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDF0E7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f06c13;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f06c13 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f06c13 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(240, 108, 19, 0.5)
rgb(240 108 19 / 50%)
#f06c1380
hsl(24 88% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f06c13 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f06c131a#FEF0E7
20%#f06c1333#FCE2D0
40%#f06c1366#F9C4A1
60%#f06c1399#F6A771
80%#f06c13cc#F38942

Gradients from #f06c13

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4904D, #f06c13 45%, #783508);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f06c13, #B8D70E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f06c13, #1397F0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5A269 0%, #f06c13 45%, #783508 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF7F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F34363 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F2EF30 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #783508 0%, transparent 65%), #f06c13;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f06c13

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#f06c13 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 6.86:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#f06c13, answered

What color is #f06c13?

#f06c13 is a balanced electric orange, closest to Chocolate (ΔE2000 5.7). It sits at 24° on the hue wheel with 88% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f06c13?

rgb(240, 108, 19) — 240 red, 108 green and 19 blue out of 255, or 94.1% / 42.4% / 7.5% by channel.

What is #f06c13 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(24, 88%, 51%) and hsv(24, 92%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f06c13 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2930 and perceived brightness is 61%, so black text on it reaches 6.86:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f06c13?

Black. It scores 6.86:1 against #f06c13, versus 3.06:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #f06c13 accessible on a white background?

#f06c13 on white scores 3.06:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #BF540C to reach 4.5:1, or #8F3F09 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f06c13?

#1397F0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #13F0DB and #1328F0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f06c13?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD2C0 for borders, #9B6B4B for secondary text, #08A7C4 as an accent and #783508 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F01328 and #F0DB13 stays calm, while #1397F0 is the loudest partner.

What is #f06c13 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 55%, 92%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #f06c13 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 3 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F17D2B; nudged cooler, #F21911.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f06c13?

The orange family — its 500 step is #f97316, ΔE2000 2.4 away. That is close enough to swap in without anyone noticing.

How do I use #f06c13 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f06c13] or text-[#f06c13], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #f06c13 with 50% opacity?

rgba(240, 108, 19, 0.5), or #f06c1380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8B689; over black, #78360A.

Is #f06c13 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF6600, ΔE2000 2.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f06c13 mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f06c13?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4904D, #f06c13 45%, #783508). For more colour, a short hue run to #B8D70E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f06c13 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f06c13 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.