Pesto Calabrese Color

#f49325

Pesto Calabrese is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0b6cda
Complementary Color #2485f4
Color Shade: orange (31.88° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 55.1% (better contrasting with white)
Pesto Calabrese Color Sample
Pesto Calabrese Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f49325

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pesto Calabrese Color. The Gold Orange color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called March Hare Orange (#ff750f) for more energetic effect. Try Casablanca as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#2485f4 is the best complementary color to Pesto Calabrese. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f49325 complementary color is Dodger Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Carrot Orange are #f42b24 and #edf424. Thus found on the left and right of #f49325 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pomegranate and Ripe Lemon colors as they work well with Pesto Calabrese.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pesto Calabrese palette consists of #2b24f4 and #24edf4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2485f4). Try Blue and Bright Turquoise colors in combination with #f49325, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #f49325 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pesto Calabrese. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pesto Calabrese contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Malachite, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #f49325 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pesto Calabrese tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2485f4) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Violet Red – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #24f493 and #f42486.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f49325 is made of 57% red, 34% green and 9% blue. In a HSL mode Pesto Calabrese has a hue angle of 31.88°, a saturation of 90.39% and a lightness of 55.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f49325 is made of 0% cyan, 38.04% magenta, 81.18% yellow and 4.31% black ink.

HEX #f49325
RGB Decimal rgb(244,147,37)
RGB Percentage 57%, 34%, 9%
CMYK 0, 38.04, 81.18, 4.31
HSL hsl(31.88,90.39%,55.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.88,84.84%,95.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.6359,29.2614,67.5953)
XYZ xyz(48.0759,40.2341,6.9823)
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