Light orange

#bbafa9

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

Light orange is a light orange with relaxed warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light orange color values

Every conversion for #bbafa9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbafa9

RGB187, 175, 169

HSL20, 12%, 70%

HSV20, 10%, 73%

CMYK0%, 6%, 10%, 27%

Lab72.29, 3.24, 4.6

XYZ42.98, 44.09, 43.78

Decimal12300201

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone207 C

Shades of light orange

#ad9e97 #9e8d85 #907c72 #7e6d64 #6c5d55 #5a4d47 #483e39 #352e2a #231e1c #110f0e

Tints of light orange

#c1b6b1 #c7bdb8 #cdc4c0 #d3cbc7 #d9d2cf #dfd9d7 #e5e1de #ebe8e6 #f1efed #f7f6f5

Colors that go with light orange

Complementary#a9b5bb Analogous#bba9ac Analogous#bbb8a9 Triadic#a9bbaf Triadic#afa9bb Split complementary#a9bbb8 Split complementary#a9acbb

Light orange in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 10, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbafa9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 10 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 13 33

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.

Light orange in css

Copy #bbafa9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbafa9; }
.text { color: #bbafa9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbafa9; }

How light orange looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light orange and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bbafa9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbafa9 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light orange on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bbafa9 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light orange into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bbafa9 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 light orange, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bbafa9 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.