Orange

#ae8a71

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

This is Orange, a muted orange at 25 degrees. 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 #ae8a71, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae8a71

RGB174, 138, 113

HSL25, 27%, 56%

HSV25, 35%, 68%

CMYK0%, 21%, 35%, 32%

Lab60.22, 10.09, 18.6

XYZ29.52, 28.37, 19.54

Decimal11438705

Web safe#999966

Pantone479 C

Shades of orange

#a57d61 #967056 #86644c #755843 #654b3a #553f30 #443327 #34271e #241b14 #130f0b

Tints of orange

#b5957e #bda08b #c4aa98 #ccb5a5 #d3c0b2 #dbcbbf #e2d5cc #eae0da #f1ebe7 #f9f6f4

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#7195ae Analogous#ae7176 Analogous#aea971 Triadic#71ae8a Triadic#8a71ae Split complementary#71aea8 Split complementary#7177ae

Orange in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 21, 35, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae8a71 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 21 35 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 23 36 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 #ae8a71 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae8a71; }
.text { color: #ae8a71; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae8a71; }

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 #ae8a71 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae8a71 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 #ae8a71 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 #ae8a71 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

Every value on this page for #ae8a71 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.