HEX atlas value

#F0C589

#F0C589 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Pale Gold. RGB 240, 197, 137, HSL 35° 77% 74%, luminance 0.6026; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#F0C589 Sample readable text

HEX #F0C589

RGB rgb(240, 197, 137)

HSL hsl(35 77% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 18, 43, 6)

Luminance 0.6026

Contrast Black 13.05:1White 1.61:1

CSS

--color-f0c589: #F0C589;
.background-f0c589 { background-color: #F0C589; }
.text-f0c589 { color: #F0C589; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F0C589

#F0C589 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #F0C589 is visually closest to Pale Gold, a named orange color with HEX #E6BE8A.

The RGB channels are 240, 197, and 137, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 35deg with 77% saturation and 74% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.6026, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 12.25, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.05:1AA Pass

White text1.61:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F0C589 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.05:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.61:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FAEDDB#FAEDDB · #000000 text · best 18.2:1 #E7F08A#E7F08A · #000000 text · best 17.23:1 Soft Peach#FAD7A0 · #000000 text · best 15.29:1 Flax#EEDC82 · #000000 text · best 15.2:1 Topaz#FFC87C · #000000 text · best 13.8:1

Generated Palette

#F0C589#F0C589

#8AB4F0#8AB4F0

#F0928A#F0928A

#E7F08A#E7F08A

#FAEDDB#FAEDDB

#E59D38#E59D38

Color Harmonies

#8AB4F0#8AB4F0

#F0928A#F0928A

#E7F08A#E7F08A

#8AF0C5#8AF0C5

#C58AF0#C58AF0

Variants

#FAEDDB#FAEDDB

#E59D38#E59D38

#FEC87B#FEC87B

#E1C398#E1C398

#FEFDFB#FEFDFB

#FFD9A3#FFD9A3

Nearest Named Colors

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Topaz#FFC87C

Burly Wood#DEB887

Flax#EEDC82

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

Luminance0.6026

Black text13.05:1AA Pass

White text1.61:1AA 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

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#F0C589","rgb":[240,197,137],"hsl":[35,77,74],"cmyk":[0,18,43,6],"luminance":0.6026,"contrast":{"black":13.05,"white":1.61}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.05,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.61,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FAEDDB","hex":"#FAEDDB","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.2,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E7F08A","hex":"#E7F08A","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.23,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Soft Peach","hex":"#FAD7A0","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.29,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Flax","hex":"#EEDC82","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.2,"contrastWhite":1.38,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Topaz","hex":"#FFC87C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.8,"contrastWhite":1.52,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Pale Gold adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f0c589.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/topaz.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8AB4F0","analogous":["#F0928A","#E7F08A"],"triadic":["#8AF0C5","#C58AF0"],"tetradic":["#8AF092","#8AB4F0","#F08AE7"],"splitComplementary":["#8AE7F0","#928AF0"],"monochromatic":["#FAEDDB","#F0C589","#E59D38"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FAEDDB","dark":"#E59D38","saturated":"#FEC87B","desaturated":"#E1C398","pastel":"#FEFDFB","neon":"#FFD9A3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":12.24744871391589},{"slug":"topaz","name":"Topaz","hex":"#FFC87C","distance":20.074859899884732},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":22.293496809607955},{"slug":"flax","name":"Flax","hex":"#EEDC82","distance":24.124676163629637},{"slug":"soft-peach","name":"Soft Peach","hex":"#FAD7A0","distance":30.870698080866262}]

#F0C589

CSS

About #F0C589

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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