Vitamin C Color

#ff9900

Vitamin C 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 #06f
Complementary Color #0065ff
Color Shade: orange (36° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Vitamin C Color Sample
Vitamin C Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff9900

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Vitamin C Color. The Pumpkin Cat color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Flamenco (#ff7d07) for more calm effect. Try Limeño Limón as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0065ff is the best complementary color to Vitamin C. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f90 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 White are #ff1900 and #e5ff00. Thus found on the left and right of #f90 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Chartreuse Yellow colors as they work well with Vitamin C.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Vitamin C palette consists of #1900ff and #00e5ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0065ff). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #f90, 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 #f90 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 Vitamin C. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Vitamin C contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Purple Pizzazz split by 90° on the color wheel. #f90 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. Vitamin C tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0065ff) and two others. The White 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 #0f9 and #ff0065.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff9900 is made of 63% red, 38% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Vitamin C has a hue angle of 36°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff9900 is made of 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff9900
RGB Decimal rgb(255,153,0)
RGB Percentage 63%, 38%, 0%
CMYK 0, 40, 100, 0
HSL hsl(36,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.2569,30.1693,77.2315)
XYZ xyz(52.6312,44.0425,5.7271)
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