#F48101Romesco (#F48101) is a light, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 56°, lightness 0.72 and chroma 0.176. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #F48101 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(244, 129, 1) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 99%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 100%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 47%, 100%, 4%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(65.7 38 72.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.718 0.176 56) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Romesco shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f67c00 — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward red#f98100 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#f48101 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#f58205 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Romesco in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.63:1 and against black 7.99:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffeee3 · #ffb784 · #f48101 · #bb6100 · #884500 · #582a00
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#efc455 · #f3a428 · #f48101 · #e2683c · #ca5552 · #ae465f
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c9c885 · #f48101 · #c76907 · #6f6c00 · #763a00 · #363500
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffe5d3 · #e2bfa6 · #f48101 · #008dc6 · #89552d · #5e3b22
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f5ff · #f48101 · #9a8475 · #48545c · #311c0c · #000308
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e8f4fb · #bfcdd5 · #93a2ab · #182c37 · #000a14 · #f48101
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6dbb6 · #f48101 · #b0808a · #1f788b · #263354 · #04110f
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bedfc5 · #f48101 · #7688ce · #416b74 · #293551 · #130e03
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#cefef0 · #f48101 · #009f86 · #5e31a5 · #2b005a · #000302
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#dcfcdd · #f48101 · #479f52 · #00597f · #3c003f · #00040c
#FA9442 · #FFA765 · #FFBB8B · #FFCEAD · #FFE1CC
#C96900 · #9F5200 · #783C00 · #532700 · #311300
#E58B45 · #D59364 · #C49A7E
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.