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What color do yellow and orange make?

Mixed as paint, yellow and orange make an orange. Change the ratio, switch to light or CSS mixing, and copy the result.

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Paint mode simulates real pigments with the Kubelka-Munk model, so blue and yellow make green, just like on a palette.

orange

#F8AC1A · orange

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Yellow and orange make orange

Mixed as paint, yellow and orange make an orange (#F8AC1A). As light on a screen, they make a yellow (#FFB91C), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give an orange (#FCAE00).

orange

#F8AC1A

As paint

Pigments absorb light, so every color you add takes some away. This is what you get on a palette or canvas.

yellow

#FFB91C

As light

Colored lights add up, as on a screen or stage. Mixes get brighter, not darker.

orange

#FCAE00

In CSS (OKLCH)

What color-mix(in oklch, …) returns for an even mix in the browser.

Mixing yellow and orange in different ratios

The ratio decides which color leads. These are paint mixes, measured in equal-sized parts.

3:1 · #FABD12

3 yellow : 1 orange, yellow

2:1 · #F9B715

2 yellow : 1 orange, yellow

1:1 · #F8AC1A

1 yellow : 1 orange, orange

1:2 · #F6A11E

1 yellow : 2 orange, orange

1:3 · #F59C20

1 yellow : 3 orange, orange

Making the mix lighter or darker

Add white for tints and black for shades. Each step adds 20% more of it to the even yellow and orange mix.

With white

#FAB92F

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#FBC643

40%

#FCD35B

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#FDE27E

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With black

#BE9D28

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#9E8C2E

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#7E7631

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#59572F

80%

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Mixing yellow and orange FAQ

Mixed as paint, yellow and orange make an orange (#F8AC1A). As light on a screen, they make a yellow (#FFB91C), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give an orange (#FCAE00).

Light adds up instead of absorbing, so yellow and orange light make a yellow (#FFB91C). That is why screens can show bright yellows from red and green light, while the same paints would turn brown.

Change the ratio. Three parts yellow to one part orange gives a yellow (#FABD12), while one part yellow to three parts orange gives an orange (#F59C20). To lighten the result add white, and to darken it add a little black.

Use color-mix(in oklch, #FCD200 50%, #F28C28 50%), which gives #FCAE00. OKLCH keeps the middle of the mix bright, while mixing in sRGB tends to turn it gray.