What color does orange and yellow make?
Orange and Yellow make Amber (#F5A623). A secondary and a primary right next to each other on the wheel, so this blends clean into a golden amber.
Orange and Yellow sit a moderate distance apart on the color wheel, which is the gap that tends to produce a genuine in-between hue rather than a washed-out version of either original color.
How the ratio changes the result
That's the traditional paint-mixing answer. The calculator below blends these exact colors live in OKLCH space, which lands a little differently, edit either hex to compare the two.
Orange and Yellow mix FAQ
What color does orange and yellow make?
Orange and Yellow make Amber (#F5A623). A secondary and a primary right next to each other on the wheel, so this blends clean into a golden amber.
Does the ratio of orange to yellow change the result?
Yes. Equal parts land on Amber (#F5A623), but using more orange pulls the result toward #f58716, and more yellow pulls it toward #f5ae00. Try any ratio in the calculator above.
What's the exact hex code for orange and yellow mixed?
Orange (#F0752B) and Yellow (#F2C11D) mixed in equal parts is #F5A623. Copy it directly from the calculator, or open it in the generator to build a full palette around it.