Orange

#ada299

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Orange color values

Every conversion for #ada299, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ada299

RGB173, 162, 153

HSL27, 11%, 64%

HSV27, 12%, 68%

CMYK0%, 6%, 12%, 32%

Lab67.3, 2.41, 6.1

XYZ35.9, 37.02, 35.39

Decimal11379353

Web safe#999999

Pantone408 C

Shades of orange

#a09389 #938478 #84756a #73675d #63584f #524a42 #423b35 #322c28 #211e1b #110f0e

Tints of orange

#b4aaa2 #bcb3ab #c3bbb5 #cbc4be #d2ccc7 #d9d4d0 #e1ddd9 #e8e5e3 #f0eeec #f7f6f5

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#99a4ad Analogous#ad999a Analogous#adac99 Triadic#99ada2 Triadic#a299ad Split complementary#99adac Split complementary#999aad

Orange in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 12, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ada299 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 12 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 15 38

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 #ada299 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ada299; }
.text { color: #ada299; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ada299; }

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 #ada299 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ada299 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 #ada299 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 #ada299 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 #ada299 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.