Color code and palette
Shades of Orange
Orange combines red energy with yellow warmth. Its range covers approachable peach, vivid tangerine and grounded burnt orange, making it useful when a design should feel active without the urgency of red.
Orange
#F97316
Color formats
The same base color in common web formats.
Shades
| Color | Name | HEX | RGB | HSL | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papaya | #FFF7ED | 255, 247, 237 | 33, 100%, 96% | ||
| Peach | #FFEDD5 | 255, 237, 213 | 34, 100%, 92% | ||
| Apricot | #FED7AA | 254, 215, 170 | 32, 98%, 83% | ||
| Light Orange | #FDBA74 | 253, 186, 116 | 31, 97%, 72% | ||
| Tangerine | #FB923C | 251, 146, 60 | 27, 96%, 61% | ||
| Orange | #F97316 | 249, 115, 22 | 25, 95%, 53% | ||
| Pumpkin | #EA580C | 234, 88, 12 | 21, 90%, 48% | ||
| Burnt Orange | #C2410C | 194, 65, 12 | 17, 88%, 40% | ||
| Rust | #9A3412 | 154, 52, 18 | 15, 79%, 34% | ||
| Brown Orange | #7C2D12 | 124, 45, 18 | 15, 75%, 28% | ||
| Amber Light | #FEF3C7 | 254, 243, 199 | 48, 96%, 89% | ||
| Amber | #FDE68A | 253, 230, 138 | 48, 97%, 77% | ||
| Gold | #FCD34D | 252, 211, 77 | 46, 97%, 65% | ||
| Honey | #FBBF24 | 251, 191, 36 | 43, 96%, 56% | ||
| Marigold | #F59E0B | 245, 158, 11 | 38, 92%, 50% | ||
| Copper | #D97706 | 217, 119, 6 | 32, 95%, 44% | ||
| Bronze | #B45309 | 180, 83, 9 | 26, 90%, 37% | ||
| Caramel | #92400E | 146, 64, 14 | 23, 83%, 31% | ||
| Chocolate | #78350F | 120, 53, 15 | 22, 78%, 26% | ||
| Sienna | #451A03 | 69, 26, 3 | 21, 92%, 14% |
CSS keyword: orange
In CSS you can write it as the keyword orange.
Text contrast
These ratios use the WCAG relative luminance formula.
Aa White text 2.80:1
Fail
Aa Black text 7.49:1
AAA
Ways to use Orange
Friendly calls to action
Outdoor and creative brands
Warm data visualization accents
Colors that go with Orange
Color-wheel harmonies built from #F97316. Click a swatch to copy it or open the set in the color wheel.
Split complementary
Open in color wheelA base plus the two neighbors of its complement — contrast with less tension.