Orange

#aaa69c

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 grey. 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 #aaa69c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aaa69c

RGB170, 166, 156

HSL43, 8%, 64%

HSV43, 8%, 67%

CMYK0%, 2%, 8%, 33%

Lab68.18, -0.37, 5.68

XYZ36.21, 38.22, 36.92

Decimal11183772

Web safe#999999

Pantone422 C

Shades of orange

#9c988c #8f897c #807b6e #706b60 #605c52 #504d45 #403e37 #302e29 #201f1c #10100e

Tints of orange

#b2aea5 #b9b6ae #c1beb7 #c9c6c0 #d0cec9 #d8d6d2 #e0dedb #e7e6e4 #efeeec #f7f6f5

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#9ca0aa Analogous#aa9f9c Analogous#a7aa9c Triadic#9caaa6 Triadic#a69caa Split complementary#9ca7aa Split complementary#9f9caa

Orange in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 8, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aaa69c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 8 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 11 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Orange in css

Copy #aaa69c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aaa69c; }
.text { color: #aaa69c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aaa69c; }

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 #aaa69c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aaa69c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orange on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aaa69c 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn orange into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aaa69c 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 #aaa69c are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.