Safety orange

Safety Orange

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E87600
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(232, 118, 0)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(6, 65, 100, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(31°, 100%, 91%)
Source	ANSI Z535
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

EasyJet Boeing 737-700 in safety orange lettering (RGB coordinates 232, 118, 0)

A safety orange warning sign for road construction sites.

Safety orange (also known as blaze orange, vivid orange, OSHA orange, hunter orange, Caltrans orange, or Omaha orange) is a hue. Safety orange is used to set objects apart from their surroundings, particularly in complementary contrast to the azure color of the sky (azure is the complementary color of orange, and therefore there is a very strong contrast between the two colors). The color is commonly used hunting during the rifle season, and is used for quail hunting, also. Most places, such as construction sites, use safety orange to help ensure the safety of others. Safety orange has been used for decades.

ANSI standard Z535.1-1998 states how safety orange is defined in the following notation systems:

Munsell Notation:

5.0YR (Hue) 6.0/15 (Value/Chroma)

Approximate PMS (Pantone) Color (actually, mixing directions):

13 parts Yellow, 3 parts Warm Red, ¹⁄₄ part Black

Pantone Number

152

CIE Data:

x = 0.5510 y = 0.4214 Y% = 30.05

Note that this CIE color point is outside the gamut of common color spaces like sRGB or Adobe RGB.

The closest CIE color point that is still in the sRGB gamut is x = 0.54091, y = 0.40869, Y% = 30.05, corresponding to the sRGB-255 coordinates (232, 118, 0).^[1]

The Adobe RGB color space is larger than the sRGB color space; the closest "safety orange" CIE color point that is still in the Adobe RGB gamut is x = 0.54467, y = 0.41424, Y% = 30.05, corresponding to the AdobeRGB-255 coordinates (206, 118, 0).

Safety orange is the color usually used in the United States for traffic cones, stanchions, barrels, and other construction zone marking devices. OSHA requires that certain construction equipment must be painted safety orange. Two large trucking companies, Allied Van Lines and Schneider National, paint their trucks and trailers safety orange. In Europe, Dayglo orange (or "luminous orange"; RAL 2005) serves the same purpose.

Safety orange is the same color as blaze orange, the shade of orange (Color No. 12199) required by United States law (U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade, Section 1150.3) to be on the tips of barrels of replica guns such as airsoft guns, and cap or toy guns. Hunter orange is also the color of hats, caps, and other safety wear required to be worn while hunting in most US states.

Notes

↑ Poynton (2006) Color FAQ #18, ,

Shades of orange

Amber	Apricot	Atomic tangerine	Bittersweet	Brown	Burnt orange	Carrot orange	Champagne	Coral	Coffee

Dark salmon	Deep carrot orange	ECE/SAE Amber	Flame	Gamboge	Gold	Gold (metallic)	International orange	Lion	Mahogany

Marigold	Old gold	Orange	Orange (web)	Orange-red	Orange peel	Papaya whip	Peach	Peach-orange	Peach-yellow

Persian orange	Persimmon	Portland Orange	Princeton orange	Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Salmon	Satin sheen gold	Sunset

Tangelo	Tangerine	Tawny	Tea rose	Tomato	Vermilion

A typical sample is shown for each name; however, a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Safety orange

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