Orange Blast Color

#f5c99b

Orange Blast is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #0a3664
Complementary Color #9ac7f5
Color Shade: orange (30.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.43% (better contrasting with black)
Orange Blast Color Sample
Orange Blast Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f5c99b

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Orange Blast Color. The Yellow Currant color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Orange Liqueur (#edaa80) for more calm effect. Try Apricot Jam as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9ac7f5 is the best complementary color to Orange Blast. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f5c99b complementary color is Jordy 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 Manhattan are #f59b9a and #f4f59a. Thus found on the left and right of #f5c99b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wewak and Sandwisp colors as they work well with Orange Blast.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Orange Blast palette consists of #9b9af5 and #9af4f5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9ac7f5). Try Portage and Ice Cold colors in combination with #f5c99b, 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 #f5c99b 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 Orange Blast. Thus Perfume and Magic Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Orange Blast contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jordy Blue, Mint Green, and Lavender Magenta split by 90° on the color wheel. #f5c99b 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. Orange Blast tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#9ac7f5) and two others. The Magic Mint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Illusion – 120° from the complementary Jordy Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9af5c9 and #f59ac6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f5c99b is made of 41% red, 33% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Orange Blast has a hue angle of 30.67°, a saturation of 81.82% and a lightness of 78.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f5c99b is made of 0% cyan, 17.26% magenta, 35.3% yellow and 3.92% black ink.

HEX #f5c99b
RGB Decimal rgb(245,201,155)
RGB Percentage 41%, 33%, 26%
CMYK 0, 17.26, 35.3, 3.92
HSL hsl(30.67,81.82%,78.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.67,36.73%,96.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.7321,9.411,28.8559)
XYZ xyz(64.4592,63.5523,39.8798)
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