Zambia 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 | #0066f1 |
| Complementary Color | #0e73fe |
| Color Shade: | orange (34.61° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 52.75% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Zambia Color. The Welcoming Wasp color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Heat Wave (#ff7a00) for more calm effect. Try Orange you Happy? as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#0e73fe is the best complementary color to Zambia. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ff990e complementary color is Blue Ribbon, 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 West Side are #fe200e and #ecfe0e. Thus found on the left and right of #ff990e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Chartreuse Yellow colors as they work well with Zambia.
The split-complementary Zambia palette consists of #200efe and #0eecfe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0e73fe). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #ff990e, 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 #ff990e 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 Zambia. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Zambia contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Magenta / Fuchsia split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff990e 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. Zambia tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#0e73fe) 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 #0efe99 and #fe0e73.
In a RGB color space, hex #ff990e is made of 60% red, 36% green and 3% blue. In a HSL mode Zambia has a hue angle of 34.61°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 52.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff990e is made of 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 94.51% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ff990e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,153,14) |
| RGB Percentage | 60%, 36%, 3% |
| CMYK | 0, 40, 94.51, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(34.61,100%,52.75%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(34.61,94.51%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.278,30.2841,75.49) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.7105,44.0742,6.1445) |