Orange Color Codes
The color code of Orange is Hex #FFA500, RGB rgb(255, 165, 0), HSL hsl(39, 100%, 50%) and HSB 39°, 100%, 100%. Orange is a mix rather than a primary. Red leads at 255, green sits part way up and blue is off entirely, and that balance is what puts it where it sits on the wheel. There are more orange shades than any one list can hold. The 25 named below each come with a full code set you can copy for design and color grading work.
The family
Different Shades of Orange
There are 25 named shades of orange here. Each one links to its own page with the full code set. Click any swatch to copy its hex.
What Is the Color Code for Orange?
The Orange color code has four screen formats and one print format. The screen ones are Hex, RGB, HSL and HSB. The print one is CMYK. All five describe the same orange. They differ in what they make easy to change.
What Is the Hex Code for Orange?
The hex code for Orange is #FFA500. Hex is the format you use in CSS and in most design tools. The first two digits set red, the next two set green and the last two set blue. In #FFA500 the red pair is highest at FF and the blue pair is lowest at 00.
What Is the RGB Code for Orange?
The RGB code for Orange is rgb(255, 165, 0). RGB counts each channel from 0 to 255. The gap between the strongest and the weakest channel is 255, and that gap is the whole of the color. Close the gap and you get grey.
What Is the HSL / HSB Code for Orange?
The HSL code for Orange is hsl(39, 100%, 50%) and the HSB code is 39°, 100%, 100%. The hue of 39 degrees is the position on the color wheel, and this family runs from 12°–45°. HSL and HSB are easier to adjust by hand than hex. Move the first number and you change the color. Move the others and you keep the color but change how strong or how light it is.
What Is the CMYK Code for Orange?
The CMYK code for Orange is 0%, 35%, 100%, 0%. CMYK is for print rather than screens. A screen adds light to make color. Ink takes light away. A orange this strong is one of the colors that suffers most in the move, because ink cannot reach the brightness a backlit screen can. Ask a printer for a Pantone reference on anything that has to match exactly.
What Does the Color Orange Mean?
Orange reads as friendly and affordable. Clearance tags, budget airlines and fast food all use it, and it turns up on buttons that want a click without the alarm red carries. It is also the color of safety gear, because it stands out against almost every natural background. Hi-vis vests and life jackets use it for visibility rather than warmth. How much of that a shade carries depends on how strong it is. Neon Orange holds the most chroma here at 140. Seashell holds the least at 9, and reads as barely tinted by comparison.
Lightest & Darkest Shades of Orange
The lightest shade of orange is Seashell at #FFF5EE. The darkest is Red Ochre at #953334. Everything else on this page sits between those two. If you need a background, start from the light end. If you need text, start from the dark end.
Which Orange Is Best for Branding & Design?
It depends what the color has to do. A logo can use any shade here, because a logo does not have to pass a contrast test. A button does, and only one of the 25 shades on this page is dark enough to carry white text at AA. That leaves very little room, so most orange work is done with dark text on a light surface rather than the other way round.
Which Orange Looks Most Professional for Designs?
Red Ochre at #953334 is the safest professional pick, with white text on it reaching 7.50:1. It is deep rather than bright, which is what makes it read as considered instead of loud. The most saturated shades further up this page look cheaper at large sizes.
Which Orange Shade Increases Attention the Most?
Neon Orange at #FF5F1F draws the most attention. It carries the highest chroma of any shade here at 140, which is the measure of how far a color sits from grey, and that is what makes it hard to ignore. White text on it only reaches 3.04:1, so use it for the thing you want noticed and not for the thing you want read.
Which Orange Should I Use for a Buy / CTA Button?
Use Red Ochre at #953334. White text on it scores 7.50:1, which passes AA for button labels. The brighter shades fail that test. Neon Orange only reaches 3.04:1 with white on top, so a button in that color has a label people have to squint at. You get the attention and lose the click.
Orange color tools
Convert Orange Color Codes (Hex, RGB, HSL)
Have a orange value in one format and need it in another? Paste #FFA500 in and you get rgb(255, 165, 0) back, and the result updates as you type. These three cover the jobs that come up most.
#FFA500→rgb(255, 165, 0)
Hex to RGB
Paste a hex, get the three channels
255, 165, 0→#FFA500
RGB to Hex
Go the other way for CSS
#FFA500→hsl(39, 100%, 50%)
Hex to HSL
For adjusting a shade by hand
Find the Orange Hex Code in Any Image
Upload an image and click the part you want. The picker reads that exact pixel, which saves guessing at a orange in packaging or a sale banner.
#953334
Image Color Picker
Click any pixel in a photo to read its hex
Red Ochre
Color Name Finder
Give it a value, get the closest named orange
Build a Orange Color Palette
Start from #FFA500, or from any of the 25 shades above. The palette tool pulls colors out of an image. The gradient tool blends two values into a run, and #FFF5EE to #953334 covers this family end to end. The shades and tints tool takes one value and gives you a full scale from it.