Orange

#b5a8a3

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 #b5a8a3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5a8a3

RGB181, 168, 163

HSL17, 11%, 67%

HSV17, 10%, 71%

CMYK0%, 7%, 10%, 29%

Lab69.81, 3.81, 4.26

XYZ39.67, 40.47, 40.37

Decimal11905187

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone207 C

Shades of orange

#a79892 #998780 #8b776f #796861 #685953 #564a46 #453b38 #342c2a #221d1c #110f0e

Tints of orange

#bcb0ab #c2b8b3 #c9bfbc #cfc7c4 #d6cfcc #ddd7d4 #e3dedc #eae6e5 #f0eeed #f7f6f5

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#a3b0b5 Analogous#b5a3a7 Analogous#b5b1a3 Triadic#a3b5a8 Triadic#a8a3b5 Split complementary#a3b5b1 Split complementary#a3a7b5

Orange in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 10, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5a8a3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 10 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 13 35

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 #b5a8a3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5a8a3; }
.text { color: #b5a8a3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5a8a3; }

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 #b5a8a3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5a8a3 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 #b5a8a3 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 #b5a8a3 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 #b5a8a3 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.