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#FFA500

#ffa500 Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
  • orange
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#ffa500 (Orange) is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 64.71% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.29% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 38.82°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.63:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4817

Complementary

  1. #ffa500
  2. #005aff

Split complementary

  1. #ffa500
  2. #00daff
  3. #2500ff

Analogous

  1. #ff2500
  2. #ffa500
  3. #daff00

Triadic

  1. #ffa500
  2. #00ffa5
  3. #a500ff

Tetradic

  1. #ffa500
  2. #5aff00
  3. #005aff
  4. #a500ff

Square

  1. #ffa500
  2. #00ff25
  3. #005aff
  4. #ff00da

Monochromatic

  1. #664200
  2. #b37300
  3. #ffa500
  4. #ffc04d
  5. #ffdb99

Shades

#ffa500 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffa500
  2. #e69500
  3. #cc8400
  4. #b37400
  5. #996300
  6. #805300
  7. #664200
  8. #4d3200
  9. #332100
  10. #1a1100
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffa500 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffa500
  2. #ffae1a
  3. #ffb733
  4. #ffc04d
  5. #ffc966
  6. #ffd280
  7. #ffdb99
  8. #ffe4b3
  9. #ffedcc
  10. #fff6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffa500 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffa500
  2. #f2a10d
  3. #e69e1a
  4. #d99a26
  5. #cc9633
  6. #c09340
  7. #b38f4d
  8. #a68b5a
  9. #998766
  10. #8d8473
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8b192 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c10e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8e8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dea900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9b609 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff986f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffa500 {
  color: #ffa500;
}
Background
.bg-ffa500 {
  background-color: #ffa500;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffa500 {
  border: 2px solid #ffa500;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffa500;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 165 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 39 100% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffa500 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffa500, #daff00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffa500 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 165 0 / 0.35);
}

#ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 2.13 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 3.84 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.14 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 4.57 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.10 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 6.13 #005aff Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Orange
#ffa500  rgb(255, 165, 0)  hsl(39, 100%, 50%)  Orange
#005aff  rgb(0, 90, 255)  hsl(219, 100%, 50%)  Ultramarine Blue
#00ffa5  rgb(0, 255, 165)  hsl(159, 100%, 50%)  Medium Spring Green
#a500ff  rgb(165, 0, 255)  hsl(279, 100%, 50%)  Vivid Violet