Orange

#fab956

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

Orange is a mid orange with balanced warmth. 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 #fab956, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fab956

RGB250, 185, 86

HSL36, 94%, 66%

HSV36, 66%, 98%

CMYK0%, 26%, 66%, 2%

Lab79.44, 13.82, 57.98

XYZ58.45, 55.69, 16.47

Decimal16431446

Web safe#ffcc66

Pantone1365 C

Shades of orange

#f9ad38 #f8a01b #ed9207 #d08006 #b26e05 #945b04 #774904 #593703 #3b2502 #1e1201

Tints of orange

#fabf65 #fbc674 #fbcc83 #fcd293 #fcd8a2 #fddfb1 #fde5c0 #feebcf #fef2de #fef8ee

Colors that go with orange

Complementary#5697fa Analogous#fa6756 Analogous#e9fa56 Triadic#56fab9 Triadic#b956fa Split complementary#56e9fa Split complementary#6756fa

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, 26, 66, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fab956 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 26 66 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 28 65 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 #fab956 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fab956; }
.text { color: #fab956; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fab956; }

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 #fab956 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fab956 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 #fab956 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 #fab956 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 #fab956 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. 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.