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Shades of Orange: 16 Orange Color Names With Hex Codes

From peach to burnt orange, through coral and tangerine, here are the different shades of orange, each with its name and code. Click a swatch to copy its HEX, RGB or CMYK code, or make your own shade of orange with the sliders.

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Orange 500

Closest named shade: Burnt orange #CC5500

  • HEX #C36A00
  • RGB rgb(195, 106, 0)
  • CMYK 0, 46, 100, 24
  • HSL hsl(33, 100%, 38%)

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Light Orange Colors

Soft oranges, from peach to apricot and melon, up to pastel orange.

Medium Orange Shades

Bright, true oranges: carrot, tangerine, coral, pumpkin and safety orange.

Dark Shades of Orange

Deep oranges leaning toward brown: burnt sienna, burnt orange, rust and cognac.

List of Orange Color Names and Hex Codes

Every shade of orange on this page with its HEX, RGB and CMYK codes, copied in one click.

Shade HEX RGB CMYK
Peach #FFE5B4 rgb(255, 229, 180) 0, 10, 29, 0
Light orange #FED8B1 rgb(254, 216, 177) 0, 15, 30, 0
Apricot #FBCEB1 rgb(251, 206, 177) 0, 18, 29, 2
Melon #FDBCB4 rgb(253, 188, 180) 0, 26, 29, 1
Pastel orange #FFB347 rgb(255, 179, 71) 0, 30, 72, 0
Orange #FFA500 rgb(255, 165, 0) 0, 35, 100, 0
Dark orange #FF8C00 rgb(255, 140, 0) 0, 45, 100, 0
Carrot orange #ED9121 rgb(237, 145, 33) 0, 39, 86, 7
Coral #FF7F50 rgb(255, 127, 80) 0, 50, 69, 0
Tangerine #F28500 rgb(242, 133, 0) 0, 45, 100, 5
Pumpkin orange #FF7518 rgb(255, 117, 24) 0, 54, 91, 0
Safety orange #FF6700 rgb(255, 103, 0) 0, 60, 100, 0
Burnt sienna #E97451 rgb(233, 116, 81) 0, 50, 65, 9
Burnt orange #CC5500 rgb(204, 85, 0) 0, 58, 100, 20
Rust #B7410E rgb(183, 65, 14) 0, 64, 92, 28
Cognac #9A463D rgb(154, 70, 61) 0, 55, 60, 40
Shades of orange chart from light to dark with hex codes
The full chart as an image: the 11 swatches and the 16 named shades, with their codes.

What Colors Make Orange?

Red and yellow make orange. More yellow gives a light, bright orange; more red gives a deep one. For a vivid orange, use a warm yellow and a red that leans orange rather than purple.

  • Orange

    red + yellow

    Start with yellow and add red little by little: more yellow gives a light orange, more red a deep one.

  • Peach

    orange + plenty of white + a touch of yellow

    An orange lightened with plenty of white and warmed with a touch of yellow: the color of peach skin.

  • Coral

    orange + pink

    An orange softened with pink: depending on the amounts, you go from orangey to pinkish coral.

  • Burnt orange

    orange + a little brown

    A little brown darkens orange into that autumn tone; a touch of blue, its opposite color, works too.

Depending on your supplies

Colored pencils

With pencils, you don’t mix: you layer. Lay down the lightest shade in light strokes, then the darker one on top, without pressing. To lighten orange, finish with a white pencil; to darken it, add a touch of grey or of its opposite color.

Markers

Water-based markers don’t blend well: pick the right shade straight away. With alcohol markers, go over a darker shade with a lighter one while it is still wet to soften the transition.

Watercolor

Mix on the palette, not on the paper. For a lighter shade, add water rather than white: the white of the paper does the lightening.

Paint

Acrylic or gouache: always add the dark color to the light one, a little at a time. Write down the amounts so you can find your shade again.

Orange Color Palettes

Four palettes taken from the chart, ready for a coloring page or a design. Click a color to copy its code.

Printable Orange Color Chart to Color In

A printable sheet to practice with: recreate each shade of orange with colored pencils or paint, box by box.

The printable sheet

One Letter page: the numbered chart with its codes, an empty row to recreate each shade, and a strip for your tests.

Try them on a coloring page

Three shades from the chart on a real drawing: the lightest in the center, the darkest at the edge.

Want to do it by hand? Pick a drawing to print or color online.

Frequently asked questions

How many shades of orange are there?

Endless: every mix makes a new shade. This page gathers the 16 best-known oranges with their names, and the chart gives 11 of them, from lightest to darkest.

What is the hex code for orange?

The standard web orange is #FFA500, or rgb(255, 165, 0). For a stronger orange, use dark orange (#FF8C00) or swatch 500 of the chart.

What is the darkest shade of orange?

Among named oranges, cognac (#9A463D) and rust (#B7410E) are the darkest: they already lean brown.

What are the most used shades of orange?

Among the most used: peach, coral, tangerine and burnt orange.

What colors go with orange?

Blue, its opposite color, for bold contrast; beige and brown for a warm look; sage green for softness.