Blazing Orange Color

#ffa64f

Blazing Orange is soft, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #0059b0
Complementary Color #4fa7fe
Color Shade: warm red (29.66° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 65.49% (better contrasting with white)
Blazing Orange Color Sample
Blazing Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffa64f

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Blazing Orange Color. The Uldum Beige color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Atomic Tangerine (#ff9966) for more calm effect. Try Apricot Wash as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4fa7fe is the best complementary color to Blazing Orange. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffa64f complementary color is Dodger Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Texas Rose are #fe4f50 and #fefd4f. Thus found on the left and right of #ffa64f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sunset Orange and Gorse colors as they work well with Blazing Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blazing Orange palette consists of #4f4ffe and #4ffefd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4fa7fe). Try Dodger Blue and Aquamarine colors in combination with #ffa64f, 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 #ffa64f offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blazing Orange. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blazing Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Heliotrope split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffa64f square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Blazing Orange tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#4fa7fe) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Brilliant Rose – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4ffea6 and #fe4fa8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffa64f is made of 51% red, 33% green and 16% blue. In a HSL mode Blazing Orange has a hue angle of 29.66°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 65.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffa64f is made of 0% cyan, 34.9% magenta, 69.02% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffa64f
RGB Decimal rgb(255,166,79)
RGB Percentage 51%, 33%, 16%
CMYK 0, 34.9, 69.02, 0
HSL hsl(29.66,100%,65.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(29.66,69.02%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.5116,25.436,57.0571)
XYZ xyz(56.2875,49.0969,13.9071)
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