Orange

#e8a231

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

Orange is a mid orange with confident warmth. 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 #e8a231, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8a231

RGB232, 162, 49

HSL37, 80%, 55%

HSV37, 79%, 91%

CMYK0%, 30%, 79%, 9%

Lab71.7, 16.67, 64.79

XYZ46.75, 43.22, 8.78

Decimal15245873

Web safe#ff9933

Pantone137 C

Shades of orange

#e5981a #d08917 #b97a15 #a36b12 #8c5d10 #764e0d #5f3f0b #493008 #322106 #1c1203

Tints of orange

#eaab44 #ecb357 #eebc6a #f0c47d #f3cd90 #f5d5a3 #f7deb6 #f9e7c9 #fbefdc #fdf8ef

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#3177e8 Analogous#e84631 Analogous#d3e831 Triadic#31e8a2 Triadic#a231e8 Split complementary#31d3e8 Split complementary#4731e8

Orange in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 30, 79, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8a231 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 30 79 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 32 77 15

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Orange in css

Copy #e8a231 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8a231; }
.text { color: #e8a231; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8a231; }

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 #e8a231 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8a231 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Orange on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e8a231 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn orange into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e8a231 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 #e8a231 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.