Orange

#e5951e

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 strong. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Orange color values

Every conversion for #e5951e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5951e

RGB229, 149, 30

HSL36, 79%, 51%

HSV36, 87%, 90%

CMYK0%, 35%, 87%, 10%

Lab68.2, 21.77, 67.7

XYZ43.29, 38.25, 6.33

Decimal15045918

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone144 C

Shades of orange

#d48818 #bf7b16 #ab6e14 #966111 #82540f #6d460d #59390a #442c08 #301f06 #1b1203

Tints of orange

#e79f33 #eaa948 #ecb35d #efbc72 #f1c686 #f3d09b #f6dab0 #f8e4c5 #fbeeda #fdf7ef

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#1e6ee5 Analogous#e5311e Analogous#d2e51e Triadic#1ee595 Triadic#951ee5 Split complementary#1ed2e5 Split complementary#311ee5

Orange in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 35, 87, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5951e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 87 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 84 16

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #e5951e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5951e; }
.text { color: #e5951e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5951e; }

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 #e5951e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5951e 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 #e5951e 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 #e5951e 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

The figures for #e5951e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.