Nearest-color comparison

Pumpkin vs Safety Orange

Pumpkin and Safety Orange are different orange colors with HEX values #FF7518 and #FF7900. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 24.3, their contrast ratio is 1.02:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Pumpkin and Safety Orange are very close colors. Safety Orange is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.02:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Pumpkin#FF7518

Safety Orange#FF7900

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Pumpkin and Safety Orange across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance24.3

Pair contrast1.02:1

Luminance delta0.0088

Hue delta4 deg

Lighter colorSafety Orange

More saturatedPumpkin

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Pumpkin

Pumpkin is #FF7518, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Safety Orange, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FF7518 RGB255, 117, 24 HSL24, 100, 55 CMYK0, 54, 91, 0 Luminance0.3405 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Safety Orange

Safety Orange is #FF7900, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Pumpkin, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FF7900 RGB255, 121, 0 HSL28, 100, 50 CMYK0, 53, 100, 0 Luminance0.3493 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Pumpkin or Safety Orange

Choose PumpkinPumpkin is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF7518.

Choose Safety OrangeSafety Orange is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF7900.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyPumpkinSafety Orange

HEX#FF7518#FF7900

RGB255, 117, 24255, 121, 0

HSL24, 100, 5528, 100, 50

CMYK0, 54, 91, 00, 53, 100, 0

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.34050.3493

Black contrast7.81:17.99:1

White contrast2.69:12.63:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Pumpkinblack text - 7.81:1

Safety Orangeblack text - 7.99:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Pumpkin#FF7518

Safety Orange#FF7900

#FFAC75#FFAC75

#FFA85C#FFA85C

#1AA3FF#1AA3FF

#0088FF#0088FF

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "name": "Pumpkin",
    "hex": "#FF7518",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      117,
      24
    ],
    "hsl": [
      24,
      100,
      55
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      54,
      91,
      0
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.3405,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 7.81,
      "white": 2.69
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.81
    },
    "description": "Pumpkin is #FF7518, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Safety Orange, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/pumpkin/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pumpkin.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "safety-orange",
    "name": "Safety Orange",
    "hex": "#FF7900",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      121,
      0
    ],
    "hsl": [
      28,
      100,
      50
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      53,
      100,
      0
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.3493,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 7.99,
      "white": 2.63
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.99
    },
    "description": "Safety Orange is #FF7900, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Pumpkin, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/safety-orange/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-orange.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 24.3,
  "contrastRatio": 1.02,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 4,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 5
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0088,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Safety Orange",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Pumpkin"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.02,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Pumpkin",
      "background": "#FF7518",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.81
    },
    {
      "color": "Safety Orange",
      "background": "#FF7900",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.99
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Pumpkin is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF7518.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Safety Orange is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF7900.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/pumpkin-vs-safety-orange.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pumpkin.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-orange.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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      },
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    },
    {
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      "description": "Safety Orange is #FF7900, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Pumpkin, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/safety-orange/",
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