Orange

#faac3f

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 vivid. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Orange color values

Every conversion for #faac3f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#faac3f

RGB250, 172, 63

HSL35, 95%, 61%

HSV35, 75%, 98%

CMYK0%, 31%, 75%, 2%

Lab76.18, 19.5, 64.44

XYZ55.07, 50.19, 11.49

Decimal16428095

Web safe#ff9933

Pantone137 C

Shades of orange

#f9a023 #f99408 #de8406 #c37405 #a76304 #8c5304 #704303 #553202 #392201 #1e1201

Tints of orange

#fab450 #fbbb62 #fbc373 #fcca85 #fcd296 #fdd9a8 #fde1b9 #fee8cb #fef0dc #fff7ee

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#3f8dfa Analogous#fa4f3f Analogous#eafa3f Triadic#3ffaac Triadic#ac3ffa Split complementary#3feafa Split complementary#4f3ffa

Orange in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 31, 75, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #faac3f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 75 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 73 8

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 #faac3f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #faac3f; }
.text { color: #faac3f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #faac3f; }

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 #faac3f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #faac3f 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 #faac3f 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 #faac3f 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

Here is how the numbers for #faac3f are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.