Badlands Orange Color

#ff6316

Badlands Orange is vivid, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #009ce9
Complementary Color #16b1fe
Color Shade: warm red (19.83° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 54.31% (better contrasting with white)
Badlands Orange Color Sample
Badlands Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff6316

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Badlands Orange Color. The Wildfire color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Kanzō Orange (#ff8936) for more calm effect. Try Orangish as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#16b1fe is the best complementary color to Badlands Orange. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ff6316 complementary color is Dodger Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Orange are #fe163d and #fed716. Thus found on the left and right of #ff6316 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Torch Red and Candlelight colors as they work well with Badlands Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Badlands Orange palette consists of #163dfe and #16fed7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#16b1fe). Try Blue Ribbon and Bright Turquoise colors in combination with #ff6316, 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 #ff6316 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Badlands Orange. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Badlands Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Harlequin, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff6316 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Badlands Orange tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#16b1fe) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shocking Pink – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #16fe62 and #fe16b1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff6316 is made of 68% red, 26% green and 6% blue. In a HSL mode Badlands Orange has a hue angle of 19.83°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 54.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff6316 is made of 0% cyan, 61.18% magenta, 91.37% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff6316
RGB Decimal rgb(255,99,22)
RGB Percentage 68%, 26%, 6%
CMYK 0, 61.18, 91.37, 0
HSL hsl(19.83,100%,54.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(19.83,91.37%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.8621,56.5141,66.777)
XYZ xyz(45.8467,30.2416,4.1799)
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