Amber color
Amber is a golden yellow-orange, like the fossil resin with light behind it. Its hex code is #E8A10C.
- Hex
- #E8A10C
- RGB
- 232, 161, 12
- OKLCH
- 75.9% 0.157 76.7
- Value
- 7 of 10
- Family
- Yellow-orange
Is amber warm or cool?
Warm: it sits on the warm side of the color wheel, with the reds, oranges and yellows. It is a light color, value 7 of 10, and its opposite is periwinkle. More in warm and cool colors.
Amber tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with amber itself.
Tints
#E8A10C#EEB55B#F3C888#F7DAB1#FBEDD8
Tones
#E8A10C#DEA54A#D3A96A#C8AC84#BCAF9B
Shades
#E8A10C#B17B12#7D5712#4D350E#211707
The opposite of amber
Opposite amber on the color wheel sits periwinkle, #8993D2. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Amber
Periwinkle
Colors that go with amber
With its opposite
#E8A10C · #FAE8CF · #9096B6 · #8993D2 · #25283A
With its neighbors
#FF8E54 · #E8A10C · #BDB61A · #F9E4C5 · #4D350E
One color, light to dark
#FCF1E2 · #C8AC84 · #E8A10C · #644610 · #211707
Amber in paintings
The nearest colors to amber in our painting palettes.
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