What color does orange and white make?
Mixing orange and white in equal parts gives #ffd49f (Wheat) — peach. That's the perceptual (Oklab) midpoint: the shade your eye treats as the true halfway point between the two colors.
#ffd49f - HEX
- #ffd49f
- RGB
- rgb(255, 212, 159)
- HSL
- hsl(33, 100%, 81%)
- CMYK
- cmyk(0%, 17%, 38%, 0%)
color-mix(in oklab, #ffa500 50%, #ffffff) Orange to White: every ratio
How much of each color you use moves the answer along the blend path. The perceptual midpoint is the 50/50 row; the others show what a 3:1 ratio does in either direction.
Lighter and darker versions
Tint the mix toward white or shade it toward black and you get a small palette that all clearly belongs to the same family:
#ffdfb8 Tint #ffead0 50/50 mix #ffd49f Shade #63513b Darker #ae906b Paint vs. screen: why the medium matters
On a screen, colors blend by adding light; with paint, pigments subtract light and the result is usually darker and duller. This page's values are the perceptual blend of the two colors — the closest digital equivalent to what mixed paint looks like.
About these two colors
Orange #ffa500 — Red and yellow combined — the color of sunsets, citrus, and warning cones.
White #ffffff — All visible wavelengths of light at once; in paint, the tint that lightens every mix.
Want to blend these with different colors entirely? Open the full color mixer, or convert #ffd49f to RGB, HSL or CMYK.
Related mixes
See all color mixes for the full directory.
Frequently asked questions
Does orange and white make peach?
Yes — equal parts give peach, around #ffd49f. The exact shade depends on your ratio: orange-heavy mixes lean toward #ffbd68 and white-heavy mixes toward #ffead0.
What is the HEX code for orange and white mixed?
A 50/50 perceptual mix is #ffd49f (Wheat). If you need it in CSS, the mixer above generates a ready-to-paste color-mix() snippet: color-mix(in oklab, #ffa500 50%, #ffffff).
What does orange and white make in paint vs. on a screen?
On a screen, colors blend by adding light; with paint, pigments subtract light and the result is usually darker and duller. This page's values are the perceptual blend of the two colors — the closest digital equivalent to what mixed paint looks like.
How do I make the peach mix lighter or darker?
Mix the result with white to tint it — 50% white gives about #ffead0 — or with black to shade it, where 50% black gives about #63513b. The strip above shows the full run from lighter to darker.