Safety Orange (#FF6700)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 2.92:1 — vs black: 7.19:1

Color values

  • HEX #FF6700
  • RGB rgb(255, 103, 0)
  • HSL hsl(24, 100%, 50%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 60, 100, 0 )
  • Websafe #FF6600

Tags

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #FF6700 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Safety Orange
#FF6700 Base
#0098FF
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Safety Orange
#FF6700 Base
#FF0018
#FFE700
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Safety Orange
#FF6700 Base
#00FF67
#6700FF
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Safety Orange
#FF6700 Base
#00FFE7
#0018FF
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Safety Orange
#FF6700 Base
#18FF00
#0098FF
#E700FF
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Safety Orange
#FF6700 Base
#662900
#B34800
#D65700
#FF7F29
#FF954D
#FFC299
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Safety Orange, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#1A0A00
#471D00
#752F00
#A34200
#D15400
Safety Orange #FF6700 Base
#FF822E
#FF9E5C
#FFB98A
#FFD4B8
#FFF0E6
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #FF6700. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #FF6700;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #FF6700;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #FF6700;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #FF6700,
        #0098FF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #FF6700,
        #0098FF
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$safety-orange: #FF6700;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$safety-orange-r: 255;
$safety-orange-g: 103;
$safety-orange-b: 0;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $safety-orange;
    color: rgba($safety-orange-r, $safety-orange-g, $safety-orange-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Safety Orange appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #FF6700 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #A7A700 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #84840D Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #FF6161 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #979797 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Safety Orange ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Safety Orange #FF6700 Base
Vivid Orange #FF5F00 ΔE 2.03
Pumpkin #FF7518 ΔE 3.01
Vivid Tangelo #F07427 ΔE 3.53
Orange (Pantone) #FF5800 ΔE 3.68

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.