Light orange

#bbb7af

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 soft 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 #bbb7af, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbb7af

RGB187, 183, 175

HSL40, 8%, 71%

HSV40, 6%, 73%

CMYK0%, 2%, 6%, 27%

Lab74.53, -0.02, 4.55

XYZ45.16, 47.53, 47.35

Decimal12302255

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone421 C

Shades of light orange

#aca79d #9d978b #8d8779 #7c7669 #6a655a #58544b #46433c #34322d #22211d #11100e

Tints of light orange

#c1bdb6 #c7c4bd #cdcac4 #d3d0cb #d9d7d2 #e5e3e0 #ebeae7 #f7f6f5

Colors that go with light orange

Complementary#afb3bb Analogous#bbb1af Analogous#b9bbaf Triadic#afbbb7 Triadic#b7afbb Split complementary#afb9bb Split complementary#b1afbb

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, 2, 6, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbb7af on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 6 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 10 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 #bbb7af straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbb7af; }
.text { color: #bbb7af; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbb7af; }

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 #bbb7af against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbb7af 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 #bbb7af 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 #bbb7af 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

The figures for #bbb7af come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.