PlayStation console: Blinking orange
The console is entering rest mode. The light can look yellowish, and it should settle to solid orange within a few seconds.
Applies to: PS5 and PS4 consoles. What you see: orange or amber, flashing or blinking. Where: the console.
What to do
PlayStation Support gives no step for this light; the meaning above is all it says.
Source
Sony’s own support page, read on the date shown.
- PlayStation Support: Power indicator lights on PS5 consoles and PS4 consoles — PS5 consoles and PS4 consoles (all models; the page names none separately). www.playstation.com Checked 2026-09-29.
The same colour on other consoles
Another maker can use this colour for something else entirely.