Orange

#b1a9a0

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 #b1a9a0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b1a9a0

RGB177, 169, 160

HSL32, 10%, 66%

HSV32, 10%, 69%

CMYK0%, 5%, 10%, 31%

Lab69.66, 1.27, 5.66

XYZ38.66, 40.26, 38.99

Decimal11643296

Web safe#999999

Pantone422 C

Shades of orange

#a39a8f #958b7e #877b6e #766c61 #655c53 #544d45 #433e37 #322e29 #221f1c #110f0e

Tints of orange

#b8b1a9 #bfb8b1 #c6c0ba #cdc8c2 #d4d0cb #dbd7d3 #e2dfdc #e9e7e4 #f0eeed #f7f6f5

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#a0a8b1 Analogous#b1a1a0 Analogous#b1b1a0 Triadic#a0b1a9 Triadic#a9a0b1 Split complementary#a0b1b1 Split complementary#a1a0b1

Orange in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 10, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b1a9a0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 10 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 13 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Orange in css

Copy #b1a9a0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b1a9a0; }
.text { color: #b1a9a0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b1a9a0; }

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 #b1a9a0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b1a9a0 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 #b1a9a0 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 #b1a9a0 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 #b1a9a0 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.