Shades of orange
In optics, orange has a wavelength between approximately 585 and 620 nm and a hue of 30° in HSV color space. In the RGB color space it is a secondary color numerically halfway between gamma-compressed red and yellow, as can be seen in the RGB color wheel. The complementary color of orange is azure. Orange pigments are largely in the ochre or cadmium families, and absorb mostly blue light.
| Orange | |
|---|---|
| Wavelength | 585–620 nm |
| Common connotations | |
| Autumn, Halloween, Thanksgiving, warmth | |
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FFA500 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 165, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (39°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (75, 105, 45°) |
| Source | HTML Color Chart @30 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Varieties of the color orange may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being an orange or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.