Ripe Pumpkin Color

#ffaf37

Ripe Pumpkin is soft, 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 #0050c8
Complementary Color #3787ff
Color Shade: orange (36° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60.78% (better contrasting with white)
Ripe Pumpkin Color Sample
Ripe Pumpkin Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffaf37

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Ripe Pumpkin Color. The Banana Boat 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 Golden Banner (#fcc62a) for more calm effect. Try Joyful Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#3787ff is the best complementary color to Ripe Pumpkin. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffaf37 complementary color is Dodger Blue, 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 Yellow Orange are #ff4b37 and #ebff37. Thus found on the left and right of #ffaf37 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sunset Orange and Golden Fizz colors as they work well with Ripe Pumpkin.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ripe Pumpkin palette consists of #4a37ff and #37eaff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3787ff). Try Electric Violet and Cyan / Aqua colors in combination with #ffaf37, 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 #ffaf37 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 Ripe Pumpkin. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ripe Pumpkin contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dodger Blue, Screamin' Green, and Razzle Dazzle Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffaf37 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. Ripe Pumpkin tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#3787ff) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wild Strawberry – 120° from the complementary Dodger Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #37ffaf and #ff3786.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffaf37 is made of 53% red, 36% green and 11% blue. In a HSL mode Ripe Pumpkin has a hue angle of 36°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 60.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffaf37 is made of 0% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 78.43% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffaf37
RGB Decimal rgb(255,175,55)
RGB Percentage 53%, 36%, 11%
CMYK 0, 31.37, 78.43, 0
HSL hsl(36,100%,60.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36,78.43%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.3978,19.7093,68.8196)
XYZ xyz(57.2596,52.1958,10.6713)
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