Light orange

#bbb1ac

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 open warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Light orange color values

Every conversion for #bbb1ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbb1ac

RGB187, 177, 172

HSL20, 10%, 70%

HSV20, 8%, 73%

CMYK0%, 5%, 8%, 27%

Lab72.88, 2.68, 3.82

XYZ43.66, 44.99, 45.41

Decimal12300716

Web safe#cc9999

Pantone422 C

Shades of light orange

#aca09a #9d8f88 #8f7e76 #7d6e67 #6b5e58 #594e49 #473e3a #352f2b #231f1d #110f0e

Tints of light orange

#c1b8b3 #c7bfbb #cdc6c2 #d3cdc9 #d9d3d1 #dfdad8 #e5e1df #ebe8e7 #f1efee

Colors that go with light orange

Complementary#acb6bb Analogous#bbacaf Analogous#bbb8ac Triadic#acbbb1 Triadic#b1acbb Split complementary#acbbb8 Split complementary#acafbb

Light 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, 8, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbb1ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 8 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 11 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 #bbb1ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbb1ac; }
.text { color: #bbb1ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbb1ac; }

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 #bbb1ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbb1ac 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 #bbb1ac 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 #bbb1ac 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

Every value on this page for #bbb1ac is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.