Orange

#afaba0

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 #afaba0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afaba0

RGB175, 171, 160

HSL44, 9%, 66%

HSV44, 9%, 69%

CMYK0%, 2%, 9%, 31%

Lab70.02, -0.55, 6.16

XYZ38.59, 40.78, 39.09

Decimal11512736

Web safe#999999

Pantone414 C

Shades of orange

#a19c8f #938e7f #847f6f #746f61 #635f54 #534f46 #423f38 #32302a #21201c #11100e

Tints of orange

#b6b3a9 #bdbab1 #c5c2ba #ccc9c2 #d3d1cb #dad8d3 #e1e0dc #e8e7e4 #f0efed #f7f6f5

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#a0a4af Analogous#afa3a0 Analogous#acafa0 Triadic#a0afab Triadic#aba0af Split complementary#a0acaf Split complementary#a4a0af

Orange in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 9, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #afaba0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 9 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 12 37

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 #afaba0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #afaba0; }
.text { color: #afaba0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #afaba0; }

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 #afaba0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #afaba0 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 #afaba0 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 #afaba0 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 #afaba0 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.