Nearest-color comparison

Tangerine vs Construction Orange

Tangerine and Construction Orange are different orange colors with HEX values #F28500 and #FF7F00. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 14.3, their contrast ratio is 1.02:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Tangerine and Construction Orange are very close colors. Construction 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

Tangerine#F28500

Construction Orange#FF7F00

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance14.3

Pair contrast1.02:1

Luminance delta0.0079

Hue delta3 deg

Lighter colorConstruction Orange

More saturatedTangerine

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Tangerine

Tangerine is #F28500, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Construction 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#F28500 RGB242, 133, 0 HSL33, 100, 47 CMYK0, 45, 100, 5 Luminance0.3565 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Construction Orange

Construction Orange is #FF7F00, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Tangerine, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FF7F00 RGB255, 127, 0 HSL30, 100, 50 CMYK0, 50, 100, 0 Luminance0.3644 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Tangerine or Construction Orange

Choose TangerineTangerine is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F28500.

Choose Construction OrangeConstruction Orange is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF7F00.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyTangerineConstruction Orange

HEX#F28500#FF7F00

RGB242, 133, 0255, 127, 0

HSL33, 100, 4730, 100, 50

CMYK0, 45, 100, 50, 50, 100, 0

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.35650.3644

Black contrast8.13:18.29:1

White contrast2.58:12.53:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Tangerineblack text - 8.13:1

Construction Orangeblack text - 8.29:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Tangerine#F28500

Construction Orange#FF7F00

#FFAF4D#FFAF4D

#FFAD5C#FFAD5C

#006CF0#006CF0

#007FFF#007FFF

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": "Tangerine",
    "hex": "#F28500",
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      133,
      0
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    "hsl": [
      33,
      100,
      47
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
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      100,
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    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.3565,
    "contrast": {
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      "white": 2.58
    },
    "wcag": {
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      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.13
    },
    "description": "Tangerine is #F28500, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Construction 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/tangerine/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tangerine.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "construction-orange",
    "name": "Construction Orange",
    "hex": "#FF7F00",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      127,
      0
    ],
    "hsl": [
      30,
      100,
      50
    ],
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      0,
      50,
      100,
      0
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.3644,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 8.29,
      "white": 2.53
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.29
    },
    "description": "Construction Orange is #FF7F00, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Tangerine, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/construction-orange/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/construction-orange.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 14.3,
  "contrastRatio": 1.02,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 3,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 3
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0079,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Construction Orange",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Tangerine"
}

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": "Tangerine",
      "background": "#F28500",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.13
    },
    {
      "color": "Construction Orange",
      "background": "#FF7F00",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.29
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Tangerine is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F28500.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Construction Orange is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FF7F00.",
  "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/tangerine-vs-construction-orange.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tangerine.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/construction-orange.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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