Complementary
Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.
Dark orange
#FF8C00Dark orange is the hex color #FF8C00, with RGB values 255, 140, 0. It is a CSS color keyword, so browsers render it from the name alone, and its value is fixed by the CSS Color Module.
Quick colors, then fill the screen
Or a gradient
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#FF8C00rgb(255, 140, 0) · hsl(33, 100%, 50%)
Dark orange color codes
Every value for #FF8C00, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.
| Channel | Decimal | Share | Hex | Octal | Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 255 | 100% | FF | 377 | 11111111 |
| Green | 140 | 54.9% | 8C | 214 | 10001100 |
| Blue | 0 | 0% | 00 | 0 | 00000000 |
The nearest web-safe color is #FF9900, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.
About dark orange
The same trap as darkgray: it is not darker than orange. Both sit at exactly 50 percent lightness and full saturation, and the only difference between them is six degrees of hue, 33 against 39, which makes this the redder of the two rather than the darker.
- Family
- Orange, 7th lightest of 13 oranges
- Web-safe
- is the nearest
Shades, tints and tones
Every step is generated from #FF8C00. Click a swatch to copy its hex.
Shades of dark orange
A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.
Tints of dark orange
A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.
Tones of dark orange
A tone is the base color with gray mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.
The dark orange scale
The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #FF8C00 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.
Color schemes built on dark orange
Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.
Analogous
Three neighbors on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how color behaves in nature.
Split complementary
The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.
Triadic
Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.
Monochromatic
One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.
Colors close to #FF8C00
Near neighbors, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.
Dark orange color palettes
Five-color palettes built around #FF8C00, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.
Analogous
Complementary
Triadic
Monochromatic
Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.
Contrast and readability
Whether dark orange works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.
Dark orange text on white background
2.33:1 · PoorLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Dark orange text on black background
9:1 · ExcellentLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Used the other way round, #FF8C00 as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.
Dark orange reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.
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The orange family
Dark orange sits in the orange family. Every named orange in the library, with dark orange first.
| Swatch | Name | Hex | RGB | HSL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| is a CSS keyword is the color on this page | #FF8C00 | 255, 140, 0 | 33, 100%, 50% | |
| Orange is a CSS keyword | #FFA500 | 255, 165, 0 | 39, 100%, 50% | |
| Coral is a CSS keyword | #FF7F50 | 255, 127, 80 | 16, 100%, 66% | |
| Peach | #FFDAB9 | 255, 218, 185 | 28, 100%, 86% | |
| Copper | #B87333 | 184, 115, 51 | 29, 57%, 46% | |
| Bronze | #CD7F32 | 205, 127, 50 | 30, 61%, 50% | |
| Apricot | #FBCEB1 | 251, 206, 177 | 24, 90%, 84% | |
| Tangerine | #F28500 | 242, 133, 0 | 33, 100%, 47% | |
| Rust | #B7410E | 183, 65, 14 | 18, 86%, 39% | |
| Terracotta | #E2725B | 226, 114, 91 | 10, 70%, 62% | |
| Amber | #FFBF00 | 255, 191, 0 | 45, 100%, 50% | |
| Ochre | #CC7722 | 204, 119, 34 | 30, 71%, 47% | |
| Peru is a CSS keyword | #CD853F | 205, 133, 63 | 30, 59%, 53% |