Mango #FFA62B

About this color

#FFA62B is a light, vivid orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 80%, its chroma 0.162 and its hue 69°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Mango. Black text reads best on it, at 10.74:1.

Colors that go with Mango

Matches found by rotating Mango around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Mango

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Mango, closest first.

• Paprika Kitchen
• Sumac Jar
• Paprika Rub
• Balloon Circus
• Pool Festival
• Hibiscus Break
• Paper Archive
• Anchor Advisory

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Mango, with their ΔE distance.

• Orange #FFA500 ΔE 0.011
• Light Orange #FDAA48 ΔE 0.017
• Orange Yellow #FFAD01 ΔE 0.023
• Butterscotch #FDB147 ΔE 0.026
• Squash #F2AB15 ΔE 0.027
• Pale Orange #FFA756 ΔE 0.029
• Yellow Orange #FCB001 ΔE 0.030
• Macaroni And Cheese #EFB435 ΔE 0.039

More about Mango

• Shades of orange
• What orange means

How to make Mango

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts yellow
• 1 part red

Recipe result: #FFA52C, a difference of ΔE 0.003 from Mango. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Mango in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Mango

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FFF3E7

   oklch(97% 0.021 67.6)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FFE5CA

   oklch(93.6% 0.046 68.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FFCF9C

   oklch(88.4% 0.085 68.1)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #FFA62B

   oklch(79.6% 0.162 68.5)

5. Step 400

   400

   #DE8B00

   oklch(70.7% 0.155 68.3)

6. Step 500

   500

   #BF7700

   oklch(63.2% 0.138 68.4)

7. Step 600

   600

   #A16400

   oklch(55.7% 0.122 68.7)

8. Step 700

   700

   #885300

   oklch(49.1% 0.108 68.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #704400

   oklch(42.8% 0.094 68.6)

10. Step 900

    900

    #5D3800

    oklch(37.7% 0.082 69.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #392000

    oklch(27% 0.059 68.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Mango with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.