HEX atlas value

#F4A460

#F4A460 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Sandy Brown. RGB 244, 164, 96, HSL 28° 87% 67%, luminance 0.4663; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#F4A460 Sample readable text

HEX #F4A460

RGB rgb(244, 164, 96)

HSL hsl(28 87% 67%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 33, 61, 4)

Luminance 0.4663

Contrast Black 10.33:1White 2.03:1

CSS

--color-f4a460: #F4A460;
.background-f4a460 { background-color: #F4A460; }
.text-f4a460 { color: #F4A460; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F4A460

#F4A460 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #F4A460 is visually closest to Sandy Brown, a named orange color with HEX #F4A460.

The RGB channels are 244, 164, and 96, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 28deg with 87% saturation and 67% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness 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 0.4663, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.33:1AA Pass

White text2.03:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F4A460 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.33:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.03:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F4EF62#F4EF62 · #000000 text · best 17.37:1 #FAD7B7#FAD7B7 · #000000 text · best 15.47:1 Champagne Gold#D6B971 · #000000 text · best 11.04:1 #FFA557#FFA557 · #000000 text · best 10.77:1 Light Salmon#FFA07A · #000000 text · best 10.56:1

Generated Palette

Sandy Brown#F4A460

#62B0F4#62B0F4

#F46267#F46267

#F4EF62#F4EF62

#FAD7B7#FAD7B7

#EA7610#EA7610

Color Harmonies

#62B0F4#62B0F4

#F46267#F46267

#F4EF62#F4EF62

#62F4A6#62F4A6

#A662F4#A662F4

Variants

#FAD7B7#FAD7B7

#EA7610#EA7610

#FFA557#FFA557

#E2A774#E2A774

#F9EADC#F9EADC

#FFBB80#FFBB80

Nearest Named Colors

Sandy Brown#F4A460

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Raw Sienna#D68A59

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Luminance0.4663

Black text10.33:1AA Pass

White text2.03:1AA 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":"#F4A460","rgb":[244,164,96],"hsl":[28,87,67],"cmyk":[0,33,61,4],"luminance":0.4663,"contrast":{"black":10.33,"white":2.03}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.33,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.03,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F4EF62","hex":"#F4EF62","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.37,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FAD7B7","hex":"#FAD7B7","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.47,"contrastWhite":1.36,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.04,"contrastWhite":1.9,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FFA557","hex":"#FFA557","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.77,"contrastWhite":1.95,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.56,"contrastWhite":1.99,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Sandy Brown adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f4a460.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sandy-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#62B0F4","analogous":["#F46267","#F4EF62"],"triadic":["#62F4A6","#A662F4"],"tetradic":["#67F462","#62B0F4","#EF62F4"],"splitComplementary":["#62F4EF","#6267F4"],"monochromatic":["#FAD7B7","#F4A460","#EA7610"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FAD7B7","dark":"#EA7610","saturated":"#FFA557","desaturated":"#E2A774","pastel":"#F9EADC","neon":"#FFBB80"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"sandy-brown","name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","distance":0},{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":28.513154858766505},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":31.51190251317746},{"slug":"raw-sienna","name":"Raw Sienna","hex":"#D68A59","distance":40.311288741492746},{"slug":"champagne-gold","name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","distance":40.3732584763727}]

#F4A460

CSS

About #F4A460

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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