Burning Flame Color

#ffb162

Burning Flame is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #004e9d
Complementary Color #61b0ff
Color Shade: orange (30.19° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 69.22% (better contrasting with white)
Burning Flame Color Sample
Burning Flame Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffb162

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Burning Flame Color. The Sunporch color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Rainbow Trout (#ff975c) for more calm effect. Try Apricot Glow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#61b0ff is the best complementary color to Burning Flame. Cool cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffb162 complementary color is Malibu, 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 Koromiko are #ff6261 and #feff61. Thus found on the left and right of #ffb162 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bittersweet and Laser Lemon colors as they work well with Burning Flame.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Burning Flame palette consists of #6261ff and #61feff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#61b0ff). Try Cornflower Blue and Aquamarine colors in combination with #ffb162, 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 #ffb162 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 Burning Flame. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Burning Flame contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Screamin' Green, and Pink Flamingo split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffb162 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, cool 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. Burning Flame tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#61b0ff) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hot Pink – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #61ffb1 and #ff61af.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffb162 is made of 48% red, 33% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Burning Flame has a hue angle of 30.19°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 69.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffb162 is made of 0% cyan, 30.59% magenta, 61.57% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffb162
RGB Decimal rgb(255,177,98)
RGB Percentage 48%, 33%, 18%
CMYK 0, 30.59, 61.57, 0
HSL hsl(30.19,100%,69.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30.19,61.57%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(78.2198,20.8034,51.1188)
XYZ xyz(59.1667,53.5861,18.78)
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