What color is #FFA500?

#FFA500 is a vivid orange known as Orange. It belongs to the orange family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Orange?

The RGB value is 255, 165, 0: 255 red, 165 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Orange?

The complementary color is #005AFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFA500?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.63:1 and white text 1.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Orange color: hex code #FFA500

#FFA500 rgb(255, 165, 0)

Shades of orange

Orange has the hex code #FFA500. It is a vivid orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 64.7% green and 0% blue (255, 165, 0).

Its hue angle is 39°, with 100% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 35% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black.

You can use it in CSS with the keyword orange.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.63:1).

Orange (#FFA500) color codes

HEX	`#FFA500`
RGB	`rgb(255, 165, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 64.7%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(39, 100%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(39, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 35%, 100%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(74.94, 23.93, 78.95)`
CIE LCH	`lch(74.94, 82.5, 73.14)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(54.7, 48.176, 6.418)`
Decimal	`16753920`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Orange, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFA500	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.63:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.97:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFA500 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.97:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.63:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFA500 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffa500; }
.text { color: #ffa500; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffa500; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 165 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffa500, #daff00); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FFA500 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFA500?: #FFA500 is a vivid orange known as Orange. It belongs to the orange family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Orange?: The RGB value is 255, 165, 0: 255 red, 165 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Orange?: The complementary color is #005AFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFA500?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.63:1 and white text 1.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.