Light orange

#bbb3ac

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

This is Light orange, a grey orange at 28 degrees. 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 #bbb3ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbb3ac

RGB187, 179, 172

HSL28, 10%, 70%

HSV28, 8%, 73%

CMYK0%, 4%, 8%, 27%

Lab73.4, 1.6, 4.57

XYZ44.06, 45.78, 45.54

Decimal12301228

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone422 C

Shades of light orange

#aca29a #9d9288 #8f8176 #7d7167 #6b6158 #595049 #47403a #35302b #23201d #110f0e

Tints of light orange

#c1bab3 #c7c0bb #cdc7c2 #d3cec9 #d9d5d1 #e5e2df #ebe9e7 #f7f6f5

Colors that go with light orange

Complementary#acb4bb Analogous#bbacad Analogous#bbbaac Triadic#acbbb3 Triadic#b3acbb Split complementary#acbbba Split complementary#acadbb

Light orange in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 8, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbb3ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 8 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 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 #bbb3ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbb3ac; }
.text { color: #bbb3ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbb3ac; }

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 #bbb3ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbb3ac 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 #bbb3ac 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 #bbb3ac 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 #bbb3ac 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.