American Orange is vivid, 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 | #0074ff |
| Complementary Color | #0074ff |
| Color Shade: | orange (32.71° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 50% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to American Orange Color. The Cloudy Carrot color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Chrome Yellow (#ffa700) for more calm effect. Try Lush Honeycomb as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0074ff is the best complementary color to American Orange. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ff8b00 complementary color is Azure Radiance, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pizazz are #ff0b00 and #f3ff00. Thus found on the left and right of #ff8b00 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red and Yellow colors as they work well with American Orange.
The split-complementary American Orange palette consists of #0b00ff and #00f3ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0074ff). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #ff8b00, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #ff8b00 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 American Orange. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of American Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Azure Radiance, Green, and Magenta / Fuchsia split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff8b00 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. American Orange tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0074ff) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rose – 120° from the complementary Azure Radiance. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00ff8a and #ff0074.
In a RGB color space, hex #ff8b00 is made of 65% red, 35% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode American Orange has a hue angle of 32.71°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff8b00 is made of 0% cyan, 45.49% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ff8b00 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,139,0) |
| RGB Percentage | 65%, 35%, 0% |
| CMYK | 0, 45.49, 100, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(32.71,100%,50%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(32.71,100%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.2734,37.3374,75.3673) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.4726,39.7252,5.0075) |