Safety Orange vs Tangerine

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  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "safety-orange-vs-tangerine",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Safety Orange vs Tangerine",
  "verdict": "Safety Orange and Tangerine are very close colors. Tangerine 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.",
  "summary": "Safety Orange and Tangerine are different orange colors with HEX values #FF7900 and #F28500. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.7, their contrast ratio is 1.02:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 17.7,
  "contrastRatio": 1.02,
  "colors": [
    {
      "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 Tangerine, it is darker 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 Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.",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"
    },
    {
      "slug": "tangerine",
      "name": "Tangerine",
      "hex": "#F28500",
      "rgb": [
        242,
        133,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        33,
        100,
        47
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        45,
        100,
        5
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3565,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.13,
        "white": 2.58
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 8.13
      },
      "description": "Tangerine is #F28500, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Safety Orange, it is lighter 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/tangerine/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tangerine.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
    "rgbDistance": 17.7,
    "contrastRatio": 1.02,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 5,
      "saturation": 0,
      "lightness": 3
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0072,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Tangerine",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Safety Orange"
  },
  "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": "Safety Orange",
        "background": "#FF7900",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 7.99
      },
      {
        "color": "Tangerine",
        "background": "#F28500",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 8.13
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Safety Orange is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF7900.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Tangerine is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F28500.",
    "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
  },
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    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/safety-orange.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tangerine.json"
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}