Safety orange

Color Safety Orange Color coordinatesHex triplet#FF7900sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 121, 0)HSV (h, s, v)(28°, 100%, 100%)CIELChuv (L, C, h)(66, 127, 28°)SourceANSI Z535ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid reddish orangeB: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) A safety orange warning sign for road construction sites Safety orange (also known as blaze orange, vivid orange, OSHA orange, hunter orange, or Caltrans orange) is a hue 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 thus there is a stark contrast between the two colors.) The high-visibility color is commonly used in hunting contexts and for construction site safety. Color value 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 (mixing directions) 13 parts yellow, 3 parts warm red, 1⁄4 part black Pantone number 151c 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.[citation needed] The closest CIE color poi