Orange

#a1957b

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

Orange sits in the orange range, mid and muted. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Orange color values

Every conversion for #a1957b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a1957b

RGB161, 149, 123

HSL41, 17%, 56%

HSV41, 24%, 63%

CMYK0%, 7%, 24%, 37%

Lab62.08, 0.11, 15.35

XYZ29.02, 30.5, 23.1

Decimal10589563

Web safe#999966

Pantone415 C

Shades of orange

#96896c #887c61 #796e57 #6b614c #5c5441 #4d4637 #3e392c #2f2b22 #211e17 #12100d

Tints of orange

#aa9f87 #b2a993 #bbb29f #c4bcac #ccc6b8 #d5d0c4 #ded9d0 #e6e3dc #efede8 #f8f7f5

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#7b87a1 Analogous#a1827b Analogous#9aa17b Triadic#7ba195 Triadic#957ba1 Split complementary#7b9aa1 Split complementary#827ba1

Orange in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 24, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a1957b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 24 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 26 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 #a1957b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a1957b; }
.text { color: #a1957b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a1957b; }

How orange looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Orange and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a1957b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a1957b 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 #a1957b 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 #a1957b 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #a1957b is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.