Pico Orange Color

#ffa300

Pico 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 #005cff
Complementary Color #005cff
Color Shade: orange (38.35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Pico Orange Color Sample
Pico Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffa300

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pico Orange Color. The Mikan Orange 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 Leopard (#d09800) for more calm effect. Try Chocobo Feather as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#005cff is the best complementary color to Pico 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 #ffa300 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 Web Orange are #ff2300 and #dbff00. Thus found on the left and right of #ffa300 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarlet and Chartreuse Yellow colors as they work well with Pico Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pico Orange palette consists of #2300ff and #00dbff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#005cff). Try Blue and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #ffa300, 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 #ffa300 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 Pico Orange. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pico Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Ribbon, Green, and Purple Pizzazz split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffa300 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. Pico Orange tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#005cff) 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 #00ffa3 and #ff005b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffa300 is made of 61% red, 39% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Pico Orange has a hue angle of 38.35°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffa300 is made of 0% cyan, 36.08% magenta, 100% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffa300
RGB Decimal rgb(255,163,0)
RGB Percentage 61%, 39%, 0%
CMYK 0, 36.08, 100, 0
HSL hsl(38.35,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.35,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.4795,24.9782,78.6613)
XYZ xyz(54.3372,47.4544,6.2957)
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