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Dark Orange Color

#ff8c00

Dark Orange Color

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A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Nearest Tailwind class orange-400 #ff8904 · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ff8c00

RGB

rgb(255, 140, 0)

HSL

hsl(32.9, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(32.9, 100%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 100%, 0%)

LAB

lab(69.49, 36.83, 75.49)

LCH

lch(69.49, 84, 63.99)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.1792, 58.28)

HWB

hwb(32.9, 0%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0073ff

Analogous

#ff0c00

#ff8c00

#f3ff00

Triadic

#ff8c00

#00ff8c

#8c00ff

Split-complementary

#ff8c00

#00f3ff

#0c00ff

Tetradic

#ff8c00

#73ff00

#0073ff

#8c00ff

Square

#ff8c00

#00ff0c

#0073ff

#ff00f3

Shades

Dark Orange Color mixed toward black.

#d57500

#aa5d00

#804600

#552f00

#2a1700

Tints

Dark Orange Color mixed toward white.

#ff9f2a

#ffb255

#ffc580

#ffd9aa

#ffecd5

Tones

Dark Orange Color mixed toward gray.

#ea8a15

#d5882a

#bf8640

#aa8455

#95826a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d7d647 · ΔE 32.7

Deuteranopia

#dde44f · ΔE 35.8

Tritanopia

#fb5f63 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 29.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ff8c00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ff8c00]

Related colors

Bisque #ffe4c4

Burlywood #deb887

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Linen #faf0e6

Navajo White #ffdead

Frequently asked questions

Dark Orange (#ff8c00) is rgb(255, 140, 0) in RGB.

No, #ff8c00 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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