Shades of orange
In optics, orange has a wavelength between approximately 585 and 620 nm and a hue of 30° in HSV color space. In the RGB color space it is a secondary color numerically halfway between gamma-compressed red and yellow, as can be seen in the RGB color wheel. The complementary color of orange is azure. Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families, and absorb mostly blue light.
Orange
Varieties of the color orange may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being an orange or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.
Orange (color wheel)
#FF8000
(255, 128, 0)
(30°, 100%, 100%)
(67, 123, 30°)
Vivid reddish orange
#FFA500
(255, 165, 0)
(39°, 100%, 100%)
(75, 105, 45°)
Strong orange
#FF8C00
(255, 140, 0)
(33°, 100%, 100%)
(69, 116, 34°)
Vivid orange
#FF7900
(255, 121, 0)
(28°, 100%, 100%)
(66, 127, 28°)
Vivid reddish orange
#FF4F00
(255, 79, 0)
(19°, 100%, 100%)
(59, 152, 18°)
Vivid reddish orange
#F04A00
(240, 74, 0)
(18°, 100%, 94%)
(56, 143, 18°)
Vivid reddish orange
#FF5800
(255, 88, 0)
(21°, 100%, 100%)
(60, 147, 20°)
Vivid reddish orange
#FF7538
(255, 117, 56)
(18°, 78%, 100%)
(65, 122, 24°)
Vivid reddish orange
#FFEFD5
(255, 239, 213)
(37°, 16%, 100%)
(95, 24, 63°)
Pale yellow
#FFE5B4
(255, 229, 180)
(39°, 29%, 100%)
(92, 42, 63°)
Maerz and Paul[4]
Pale yellow
#FED8B1
(254, 216, 177)
(30°, 30%, 100%)
(89, 42, 51°)
Crayola C.P.
Pale orange yellow
#FBCEB1
(251, 206, 177)
(24°, 29%, 98%)
(86, 40, 41°)
Maerz and Paul[6]
Pale orange yellow
#FDBCB4
(253, 188, 180)
(7°, 29%, 99%)
(82, 45, 19°)
Moderate yellowish pink
#FF9966
(255, 153, 102)
(20°, 60%, 100%)
(73, 90, 30°)
Strong yellowish pink
#F1B42F
(241, 180, 47)
(41°, 80%, 95%)
(77, 89, 56°)
Vivid orange yellow
#ED9121
(237, 145, 33)
(33°, 86%, 93%)
(68, 99, 40°)
Maerz and Paul
Strong orange
#FF9F00
(255, 159, 0)
(37°, 100%, 100%)
(74, 107, 42°)
Maerz and Paul
Strong orange
#E77500
(231, 117, 0)
(30°, 100%, 91%)
(61, 111, 31°)
Vivid orange
#FF8200
(255, 130, 0)
(31°, 100%, 100%)
(67, 121, 31°)
Vivid orange
#E86100
(232, 97, 0)
(25°, 100%, 91%)
(58, 123, 24°)
Gallego and Sanz[19]
Vivid reddish orange
#F28500
(242, 133, 0)
(33°, 100%, 95%)
(66, 110, 34°)
Vivid orange
#FF7F50
(255, 127, 80)
(16°, 69%, 100%)
(67, 110, 24°)
Vivid reddish orange
#FF7518
(255, 117, 24)
(24°, 91%, 100%)
(65, 127, 26°)
Maerz and Paul[25]
Vivid reddish orange
#F94D00
(249, 77, 0)
(19°, 100%, 98%)
(58, 149, 18°)
#F4C430
(244, 196, 48)
(45°, 80%, 96%)
(81, 90, 63°)
Maerz and Paul[27]
Vivid yellow
#DAA520
(218, 165, 32)
(43°, 85%, 85%)
(71, 83, 58°)
Strong yellow
#E8AC41
(232, 172, 65)
(38°, 72%, 91%)
(74, 82, 54°)
Strong orange yellow
#FE5A1D
(254, 90, 29)
(16°, 89%, 100%)
(60, 142, 19°)
Vivid reddish orange
#EC5800
(236, 88, 0)
(22°, 100%, 93%)
(57, 132, 21°)
Maerz and Paul[30]
Vivid reddish orange
#E09540
(224, 149, 64)
(32°, 71%, 88%)
(68, 82, 43°)
Strong orange
#D99058
(217, 144, 88)
(26°, 59%, 85%)
(66, 71, 38°)
Moderate orange
#C46210
(196, 98, 16)
(27°, 92%, 77%)
(52, 93, 30°)
Deep orange
#BF5700
(191, 87, 0)
(27°, 100%, 75%)
(49, 97, 27°)
Deep reddish orange
#B56917
(181, 105, 23)
(31°, 87%, 71%)
(52, 78, 37°)
Crayola
Deep orange
#964B00
(150, 75, 0)
(30°, 100%, 59%)
(40, 72, 31°)
Strong brown
#F8C8B0
(248, 200, 176)
(20°, 29%, 97%)
(84, 40, 36°)
Pale light grayish tangelo