Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Tangerine

Tangerine is a vibrant orange color with HEX #F28500. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 242, 133, 0, HSL 33, 100%, 47%, warm temperature, and is useful for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes.

#F28500 orange warm vibrant
HEX #F28500
RGB rgb(242, 133, 0)
HSL hsl(33 100% 47%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 45, 100, 5)
Luminance 0.3565
Contrast Black 8.13:1White 2.58:1

CSS Utilities

--color-tangerine: #F28500;
.bg-tangerine { background-color: #F28500; }
.text-tangerine { color: #F28500; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3565
Black text8.13:1AA Pass
White text2.58:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    0
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    100,
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}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ],
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}
Harmonies
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Variants
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  "pastel": "#F4BE7B",
  "neon": "#FF981A"
}
Pairings
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    "#FFAF4D",
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}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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    0
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Color meaning and use

About Tangerine Color

Tangerine sits in the orange family with warm temperature and vibrant visual character. Tangerine is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include warmth, comfort, and approachability, which makes it relevant for hospitality and craft. In design work, Tangerine is most useful for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Orange color familyBrowse named orange colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Vibrant colorsFind colors with vibrant visual character.Tangerine accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #F28500.Tangerine CSS utilitiesUse Tangerine in CSS variables and utility classes.#F28500 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Tangerine paletteOpen the generated palette based on Tangerine.Tangerine harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Tangerine against black and white text.

Black text8.13:1AA Pass
White text2.58:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
AAA text options#000000
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Construction Orange#FF7F00
Dark Orange#FF8C00
Safety Orange#FF7900
Pumpkin#FF7518
Hazard Orange#FF6700

Color Harmonies

#006CF0#006CF0
#F00C00#F00C00
#E4F000#E4F000
#00F084#00F084
#8400F0#8400F0
Open full Tangerine harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#FFAF4D#FFAF4D
#945100#945100
#F08400#F08400
#D5811A#D5811A
#F4BE7B#F4BE7B
#FF981A#FF981A

Pairings

Black#000000
#006CF0#006CF0
#F00C00#F00C00
#E4F000#E4F000
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5