Squash #F2AB15

About this color

#F2AB15 is a light, vivid orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 79%, its chroma 0.161 and its hue 78°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Squash. Black text reads best on it, at 10.61:1.

Colors that go with Squash

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

Color palettes with Squash

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

• Paprika Kitchen
• Sumac Jar
• Paprika Rub
• Slate Agenda
• Office Folder
• Granite Folder
• Slate Handbook
• Harvest Wallpaper

Similar named colors

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

• Macaroni And Cheese #EFB435 ΔE 0.021
• Yellow Orange #FCB001 ΔE 0.022
• Orange Yellow #FFAD01 ΔE 0.022
• Orange #FFA500 ΔE 0.024
• Mango #FFA62B ΔE 0.027
• Butterscotch #FDB147 ΔE 0.034
• Light Orange #FDAA48 ΔE 0.035
• Gamboge #EE9B00 ΔE 0.039

More about Squash

• Shades of orange
• What orange means

How to make Squash

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.

• 4 parts yellow
• 1 part red
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #EEAD2D, a difference of ΔE 0.009 from Squash. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Squash 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 Squash

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

   #FEF4E6

   oklch(97.1% 0.021 76.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FBE7C8

   oklch(93.6% 0.046 78.8)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FAD295

   oklch(88.4% 0.09 77.7)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #F2AB15

   oklch(78.9% 0.161 77.9)

5. Step 400

   400

   #D29300

   oklch(70.7% 0.147 78.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #B47E00

   oklch(63.1% 0.131 78.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #986900

   oklch(55.6% 0.116 77.9)

8. Step 700

   700

   #805800

   oklch(49.1% 0.102 78.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #694800

   oklch(42.7% 0.089 78.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #583B00

    oklch(37.6% 0.078 77.7)

11. Step 950

    950

    #352200

    oklch(26.9% 0.056 77.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Squash 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.