Orange

#aaa39a

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

Orange is a mid orange with confident warmth. 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 #aaa39a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa39a

RGB170, 163, 154

HSL34, 9%, 64%

HSV34, 9%, 67%

CMYK0%, 4%, 9%, 33%

Lab67.33, 0.92, 5.56

XYZ35.51, 37.07, 35.86

Decimal11183002

Web safe#999999

Pantone422 C

Shades of orange

#9d948a #8f867a #80776c #70685e #605a51 #504b44 #403c36 #302d29 #211e1b #110f0e

Tints of orange

#b2aba3 #b9b4ac #c1bcb5 #c9c4bf #d0cdc8 #d8d5d1 #e0ddda #e7e6e3 #efeeec #f7f6f5

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#9aa1aa Analogous#aa9b9a Analogous#a9aa9a Triadic#9aaaa3 Triadic#a39aaa Split complementary#9aa9aa Split complementary#9b9aaa

Orange in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 9, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa39a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 9 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 12 39

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 #aaa39a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa39a; }
.text { color: #aaa39a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa39a; }

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 #aaa39a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa39a 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 #aaa39a 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 #aaa39a 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

Here is how the numbers for #aaa39a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.