Orange (Pantone) (#FF5800)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 3.16:1 — vs black: 6.65:1

Color values

HEX #FF5800
RGB rgb(255, 88, 0)
HSL hsl(20, 100%, 100%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 65.49, 100, 0 )

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Tags

Mood

Style

Neon (200) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Background (190)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #FF5800 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Orange (Pantone)
#FF5800 Base

#00A7FF

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Orange (Pantone)
#FF5800 Base

#FF0027

School Bus Yellow
#FFD800

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Orange (Pantone)
#FF5800 Base

#00FF58

#5800FF

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Orange (Pantone)
#FF5800 Base

#00FFD8

#0027FF

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Orange (Pantone)
#FF5800 Base

#27FF00

#00A7FF

#D800FF

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Orange (Pantone)
#FF5800 Base

#662300

#B33E00

#D64A00

#FF7329

#FF8A4D

#FFBC99

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Orange (Pantone), generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #1A0900

— #471900

— #752800

— #A33800

— #D14800

Orange (Pantone) #FF5800 Base

— #FF762E

— #FF945C

— #FFB28A

— #FFD0B8

— #FFEEE6

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #FF5800. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #FF5800;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #FF5800;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #FF5800;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #FF5800,
        #FFFFFF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #FF5800,
        #FFFFFF
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$orange-(pantone): #FF5800;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$orange-(pantone)-r: 255;
$orange-(pantone)-g: 88;
$orange-(pantone)-b: 0;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $orange-(pantone);
    color: rgba($orange-(pantone)-r, $orange-(pantone)-g, $orange-(pantone)-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Orange (Pantone) appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #FF5800 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #A2A200 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #7A7A0D Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #FF5252 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #919191 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Orange (Pantone) ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Orange (Pantone) #FF5800 Base

Willpower Orange #FD5800 ΔE 0.36

Vivid Orange #FF5F00 ΔE 1.65

International Orange #FF4F00 ΔE 1.94

Giants Orange #FE5A1D ΔE 2.33

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.