Barcelona Orange Color

#ff9500

Barcelona Orange is vibrant, 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 #006aff
Complementary Color #0069ff
Color Shade: orange (35.06° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Barcelona Orange Color Sample
Barcelona Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff9500

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Barcelona Orange Color. The Sun Ray color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Yellow Exhilaration (#ffb102) for more calm effect. Try Orange Popsicle as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0069ff is the best complementary color to Barcelona 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 #ff9500 complementary color is Blue Ribbon, 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 Pizazz are #ff1500 and #e9ff00. Thus found on the left and right of #ff9500 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Chartreuse Yellow colors as they work well with Barcelona Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Barcelona Orange palette consists of #1500ff and #00e9ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0069ff). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #ff9500, 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 #ff9500 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 Barcelona Orange. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Barcelona Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Magenta / Fuchsia split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff9500 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. Barcelona Orange tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0069ff) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rose – 120° from the complementary Blue Ribbon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00ff95 and #ff0069.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff9500 is made of 63% red, 37% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Barcelona Orange has a hue angle of 35.06°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff9500 is made of 0% cyan, 41.57% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff9500
RGB Decimal rgb(255,149,0)
RGB Percentage 63%, 37%, 0%
CMYK 0, 41.57, 100, 0
HSL hsl(35.06,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.06,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(71.3883,32.2322,76.6819)
XYZ xyz(51.9874,42.7549,5.5125)
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