Tree Poppy#FC9C1D, a warm bold orange

At a glanceTree Poppy is #FC9C1D, oklch(77.4% 0.166 65.5), a warm bold orange. Pair it with a cool light blue #509CCF as an accent, a warm bold red #CA4959 for harmony, and a warm grayish gold #B2A8A0 as a neutral. Try it as a brand or accent color, and it takes black text at AA contrast. A coated press has to move it a little, by less than a print run varies anyway.
Color codes

Tree Poppy in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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:root { /* how your code speaks it */ /* how your eyes measure it */ /* how the lab measures it, D65 2° */}/* tailwind v4 */

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Color family

What kind of orange is Tree Poppy?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Tree Poppy's, measured rather than asserted.

Tree Poppy's Munsell numbers: hue 6.5YR, value 7.2 (how light), chroma 12.8 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block strong orange, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 12.8 is moderate. Clearly colored, but not so saturated it fights the colors around it.

It reaches 96% of the way to the edge of your screen's gamut (the palette a screen can actually show) for this hue. Strong, with some headroom left before the screen runs out.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of Tree Poppy, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #FC9C1D. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, tree-poppy-400.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

Rhapsody Palette

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Accessibility

Is Tree Poppy accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. Black text on #FC9C1D clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 68 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

Rhapsody Palette

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Run #FC9C1D against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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Print

Tree Poppy in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

Presses move this color a little, by less than a print run varies anyway, so a printer would call it a match. The pairs below show where each standard lands.

In CMYK, #FC9C1D is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 9.6, 3.9× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 5.1, 2.0× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.5, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.3, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

Coated FOGRA39 within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.5, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

Japan Color 2011 Coated within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.4, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

APTEC Flexo Coated within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 1.5, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 0.6, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK above is the closest that standard can get, near enough that a press run's own variation is the larger difference.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The Tree Poppys

Colors similar to Tree Poppy

Here are other colors similar to Tree Poppy along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Oranges

CaliforniaCalifornia#FE9D04black text · AAA! within tolerance
SunshadeSunshade#FF9E2Cblack text · AAA! within tolerance
Neon CarrotNeon Carrot#FF9933black text · AAA! within tolerance
West SideWest Side#FF910Fblack text · AAA! within tolerance
Carrot OrangeCarrot Orange#ED9121black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Pastel OrangePastel Orange#FF964Fblack text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Tan HideTan Hide#FA9D5Ablack text · AAA! within tolerance
Faded OrangeFaded Orange#F0944Dblack text · AAA✓ prints exactly
OrangeishOrangeish#FD8D49black text · AAA! within tolerance
Gold DropGold Drop#F18200black text · AAA! within tolerance
JaffaJaffa#EF863Fblack text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Golden BellGolden Bell#E28913black text · AAA! within tolerance
Dusty OrangeDusty Orange#F0833Ablack text · AAA✓ prints exactly
ZestZest#E5841Bblack text · AAA! within tolerance
Tahiti GoldTahiti Gold#E97C07black text · AAA! within tolerance
TangoTango#ED7A1Cblack text · AAA! within tolerance
ChristineChristine#E7730Ablack text · AA! within tolerance
Mango TangoMango Tango#E77200black text · AA✕ shifts on press
MeteorMeteor#D07D12black text · AA! within tolerance
Brownish OrangeBrownish Orange#CB7723black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Dirty OrangeDirty Orange#C87606black text · AA✕ shifts on press
Pairings

Colors that go with Tree Poppy

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a cool vivid blue #3C76D8. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the neutral carries the text and surfaces in between.

Downloads

Take Tree Poppy with you

The work on this page doesn't stay here. Save a card and the color arrives in your file, your deck or your board already decided.

Tree Poppy color codes: hex #FC9C1D, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of Tree Poppy, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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Tree Poppy paired with a cool light blue #509CCF, a warm bold red #CA4959, a warm grayish gold #B2A8A0: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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