Information about #F29040 color

#F29040 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #F29040 is classified in the Register under the Orange Color Family, with Full Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(242, 144, 64) — 94.9% red, 56.5% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 38 / 70 / 5. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength warm orange, #F29040 appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Sun (#EF8E38). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Royal Orange (#F99245) and Sea Buckthorn (#EF9548).

The recipe behind #F29040 is rgb(242, 144, 64), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #F29040 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.4:1. No one has named #F29040 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#F29040 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#F29040 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #F29040

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Sun color link
Sun

#EF8E38

Royal Orange color link
Royal Orange

#F99245

Jaffa color link
Jaffa

#EF863F

California color link
California

#E98C3A

Faded Orange color link
Faded Orange

#F0944D

Dusty Orange color link
Dusty Orange

#F0833A

Orangeish color link
Orangeish

#FD8D49

Carpe Diem color link
Carpe Diem

#E4943D

Lemon Ochre color link
Lemon Ochre

#E78F4A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#F29040
  • RGB242, 144, 64
  • CMYK0, 38, 70, 5
  • CSSrgb(242, 144, 64)
  • HSL27°, 87%, 60%
  • HSL Precise26.966°, 87.255%, 60%
  • HSV27°, 74%, 95%
  • HSB27°, 74%, 95%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.949
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.565
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.949, 0.565, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.949, 0.565, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.949, 0.565, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB94.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDF29040
  • DECIMAL ID15896640
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01