Information about #F59242 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#F59242 presents itself as a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Royal Orange (#F99245). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Sea Buckthorn (#EF9548) and Spring Orange (#FD963D).
In RGB terms — rgb(245, 146, 66) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #F59242 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.3:1. No one has named #F59242 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#F59242 color variations
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#F59242 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#F59242 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#F59242 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#F59242 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#F59242 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #F59242 color
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Nearest named colors to #F59242
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#F99245
#EF9548
#FD963D
#FD8D49
#F0944D
#EF8E38
#EF863F
#FA9D49
#FF883E
#E99B41
#E98C3A
#FF9E3D
#F59242 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#F59242
- RGB245, 146, 66
- CMYK0, 39, 70, 4
- CSSrgb(245, 146, 66)
- HSL27°, 90%, 61%
- HSL Precise26.816°, 89.95%, 60.98%
- HSV27°, 73%, 96%
- HSB27°, 73%, 96%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.961
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.573
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
- GLSLvec3(0.961, 0.573, 0.259)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.961, 0.573, 0.259, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.961, 0.573, 0.259)
- Percentage of Red in RGB96.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB57.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDF59242
- DECIMAL ID16093762
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
