Orange

#a08c5e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for orange, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Orange is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Orange color values

Every conversion for #a08c5e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a08c5e

RGB160, 140, 94

HSL42, 26%, 50%

HSV42, 41%, 63%

CMYK0%, 12%, 41%, 37%

Lab59.01, 0.82, 27.33

XYZ25.9, 27.04, 14.44

Decimal10521694

Web safe#999966

Pantone4505 C

Shades of orange

#928056 #84734d #766745 #685b3d #5a4e35 #4c422c #3d3624 #2f291c #211d14 #13110b

Tints of orange

#a9976d #b2a17c #bbac8b #c4b79a #ccc2a9 #d5ccb8 #ded7c7 #e7e2d6 #f0ece5 #f8f7f4

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#5e72a0 Analogous#a06b5e Analogous#93a05e Triadic#5ea08c Triadic#8c5ea0 Split complementary#5e93a0 Split complementary#6b5ea0

Orange in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 12, 41, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a08c5e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 12 41 37

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 15 42 43

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Orange in css

Copy #a08c5e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a08c5e; }
.text { color: #a08c5e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a08c5e; }

How orange looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Orange and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a08c5e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a08c5e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orange on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #a08c5e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around orange? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn orange into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #a08c5e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from orange, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #a08c5e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.