Dark Orange Color

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Color Name

Dark Orange

Hex Color Code

#FF8C00

RGB Color Code

RGB(255, 140, 0)

CMYK Values*

0.0%, 45.1%, 100.0%, 0.0%

Color Family (Hue)

Orange

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What color is Dark Orange?

Dark Orange color belongs to the Orange color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Dark Orange is #FF8C00, and the RGB color code is RGB(255, 140, 0).

In the RGB color model, Dark Orange has a red value of 255, a green value of 140, and a blue value of 0. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 0.0% cyan, 45.1% magenta, 100.0% yellow, and 0.0% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 32.9° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation, and 50.0 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Dark Orange has a hue of 32.9° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation and 100.0 % brightness/value.

Dark Orange is cool or warm?

The color Dark Orange is a warm color.

What is the LRV of Dark Orange? (For interior and product design)

Dark Orange has an LRV of nearly 40. By LRV value, it is a medium light color.

Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.

Dark Color

Dark Orange

LRV 40

Light Color

Compare LRV 40 of Dark Orange with dark and light color

Is Dark Orange Readable? WCAG Contrast Checker (For digital design)

Check if the color Dark Orange meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, minimum contrast ratio standards between text and background colors. The WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) provides global standards for readable web content.

WCAG Recommendations - Large Text: above 18pt or 14pt bold. Normal Text: below 18pt or 14pt bold.

Minimum contrast ratio (AA): 4.5 for normal text and 3 for large text.
Enhanced contrast ratio (AAA): 7 for normal text and 4.5 for large text.

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Color Codes - Color Space Conversions

Dark Orange color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB

HEX #FF8C00

Hex triplet: #FF8C00
Red: FF
Green: 8C
Blue: 00

RGBA / RGB rgb(255, 140, 0)

Red: 255 (100.0%)
Green: 140 (54.9%)
Blue: 0 (0.0%)
Alpha: 1 (100.0%)

CMYK

Cyan: 0.00%
Magenta: 45.10%
Yellow: 100.00%
Key: 0.00%

HSL hsl(32.94deg, 100.0 %, 50.0 %)

Hue: 32.94°
Saturation: 100.00 %
Lightness: 50.00 %

HSV / HSB

Hue: 32.94°
Saturation: 100.00 %
Brightness / Value: 100.00 %

RYB ryb(115, 140, 0)

Red: 115 (45.1%)
Yellow: 140 (54.9%)
Blue: 0 (0.0%)

HWB

Hue: 32.94°
Whiteness: 0.00 %
Blackness: 0.00 %

CMY

Cyan: 0.00%
Magenta: 45.10%
Yellow: 100.00%

XYZ

X: 50.62
Y: 40.02
Z: 5.06

YXY

Y1: 40.02
X: 0.53
Y2: 0.42

CIE-Lab

L: 69.48
A: 36.83
B: 75.49

CIE-Lch

L: 69.48
C: 84
H: 63.99

CIE-Luv

L: 69.48
U: 95.89
V: 65.4

Hunter-Lab

L: 63.26
A: 32.13
B: 39.54

Other

LRV: ~ 40 %
Munsell Color System: 5YR 7.0/18

Similar Colors and Paints

What is Delta E (ΔE)?

Delta E is the standard measure of how different two colors look to the human eye, rather than how far apart their hex codes happen to be. It runs from 0, an exact match, to 100, the largest possible difference — so the lower the Delta E, the closer the match. The match percentage shown on each color below is simply 100% minus its ΔE.

ΔE 0

Identical – an exact match

ΔE under 1

Not perceptible; the eye cannot separate them

ΔE 1 – 2

Perceptible only on close, side-by-side inspection

ΔE 2 – 10

Perceptible at a glance

ΔE over 10

Reads as a different color altogether

Named colors similar to Dark Orange

These are the named colors closest to Dark Orange , closest match first. Each card shows how much of the color the human eye sees as the same, measured as Delta E (ΔE).

#FF8C00 Color Dark Orange

100.00% match | ΔE 0.00

#F6890A Color Neon Tangerine

98.34% match | ΔE 1.66

#F28500 Color Tangerine

97.34% match | ΔE 2.66

#FF9933 Color Deep Saffron

96.59% match | ΔE 3.41

Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system

Pantone TCX

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent colors from Pantone TCX. Conversion of Dark Orange to Pantone TCX

#FF8D00 Color PANTONE 15-1164 TCX - Bright Marigold

99.67% match | ΔE 0.33

#FF8D19 Color PANTONE 15-1262 TCX - Carrot Curl

98.83% match | ΔE 1.17

#FF8813 Color PANTONE 15-1263 TCX - Autumn Glory

97.89% match | ΔE 2.11

#FB8B23 Color PANTONE 15-1157 TCX - Flame Orange

97.70% match | ΔE 2.30

Pantone PMS

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent colors from Pantone PMS. Conversion of Dark Orange to Pantone PMS

#FF8F1C Color PANTONE 1495 C

98.82% match | ΔE 1.18

#FE8F1D Color PANTONE 3588 C

98.79% match | ΔE 1.21

#F68D2E Color PANTONE 715 C

96.95% match | ΔE 3.05

#FF8200 Color PANTONE 151 C

96.74% match | ΔE 3.26

British Standard 4800

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent colors from British Standard 4800. Conversion of Dark Orange to British Standard 4800

#FF932B Color BS 08-E-55 - Orange

97.70% match | ΔE 2.30

#FF8311 Color BS 08-E-51 - Golden Ambar

96.39% match | ΔE 3.61

RAL Design

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent colors from RAL Design. Conversion of Dark Orange to RAL Design

#F08F00 Color RAL 070 70 80 - Saffron Gold

96.09% match | ΔE 3.91

#FC8C35 Color RAL 060 70 70 - Indian Yellow

95.49% match | ΔE 4.51

#EB931F Color RAL 070 70 70 - Naples Yellow

94.84% match | ΔE 5.16

#F08F48 Color RAL 060 70 60 - Melon Orange

93.44% match | ΔE 6.56

RAL Classic

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent colors from RAL Classic. Conversion of Dark Orange to RAL Classic

#F09200 Color RAL 1037 - Sun Yellow

95.26% match | ΔE 4.74

#F99A1C Color RAL 1033 - Dahlia Yellow

95.22% match | ΔE 4.78

#E88C00 Color RAL 1007 - Daffodil Yellow

94.91% match | ΔE 5.09

#FF9B00 Color RAL 1028 - Melon Yellow

94.86% match | ΔE 5.14

Similar colors from Brand, Business, School, Organization, Sports, Flag

#F7931A Color Bitcoin Orange

97.17% match | ΔE 2.83

Paint similar to Dark Orange

These are the real paint colors closest to Dark Orange from major brands, ranked by Delta E (ΔE) match. A paint above 98% will be hard to tell apart from Dark Orange once it is on a wall.

Valspar

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent paint from Valspar. Conversion of Dark Orange to Valspar

#FC8901 Color Orange Fruit (2011-1)

99.08% match | ΔE 0.92

#F79322 Color Darling Clementine (V012-3)

97.38% match | ΔE 2.62

#FE9A20 Color Monarch Wing (2008-1A)

96.06% match | ΔE 3.94

#EE8E01 Color Pencil Me In (V014-3)

95.91% match | ΔE 4.09

Benjamin Moore

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent paint from Benjamin Moore. Conversion of Dark Orange to Benjamin Moore

#F98A0C Color Orange Juice (2017-10)

98.85% match | ΔE 1.15

#FC931E Color Sharp Cheddar (2017-20)

98.02% match | ΔE 1.98

#FC9537 Color Carrot Stick (2016-30)

96.64% match | ΔE 3.36

#F78523 Color Citrus Orange (2016-20)

96.12% match | ΔE 3.88

Dunn-Edwards

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent paint from Dunn-Edwards. Conversion of Dark Orange to Dunn-Edwards

#FF8D28 Color Instant Orange (DEA 114)

97.30% match | ΔE 2.70

#FF9532 Color Energy Orange (DE 5223)

97.06% match | ΔE 2.94

#FF9731 Color Orange Jewel (DEA 115)

96.98% match | ΔE 3.02

#FF8830 Color Bright Mango (DE 5195)

94.84% match | ΔE 5.16

Behr

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent paint from Behr. Conversion of Dark Orange to Behr

#FA9335 Color Joyful Orange (P240-7)

96.82% match | ΔE 3.18

#FD9D43 Color Exotic Blossom (P240-6)

95.10% match | ΔE 4.90

#FFA035 Color Blazing Bonfire (P250-7)

94.82% match | ΔE 5.18

#F09650 Color Toucan (P230-6)

93.23% match | ΔE 6.77

Sherwin Williams

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent paint from Sherwin Williams. Conversion of Dark Orange to Sherwin Williams

#EB882C Color Carnival (SW 6892)

95.66% match | ΔE 4.34

#EC8430 Color Navel (SW 6887)

94.39% match | ΔE 5.61

#F4A045 Color Osage Orange (SW 6890)

93.70% match | ΔE 6.30

#D88F32 Color Curry (SW 6671)

91.83% match | ΔE 8.17

PPG Paints

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent paint from PPG Paints. Conversion of Dark Orange to PPG Paints

#EF913E Color Dynamo (PPG17-22)

95.27% match | ΔE 4.73

#ED9B44 Color Cornucopia (PPG1203-7)

93.88% match | ΔE 6.12

#EF924A Color Carmelized Orange (PPG1197-7)

93.67% match | ΔE 6.33

#F69A54 Color Fall Leaf (PPG1197-6)

93.01% match | ΔE 6.99

Farrow & Ball

Dark Orange color similar/equivalent paint from Farrow & Ball. Conversion of Dark Orange to Farrow & Ball

#E69F43 Color Dutch Orange (W76)

91.45% match | ΔE 8.55

#E1B06E Color Orangery (70)

85.71% match | ΔE 14.29

#BD8C5F Color Wet Sand (46)

84.87% match | ΔE 15.13

#C59C5D Color India Yellow (66)

84.58% match | ΔE 15.42

Color Combinations

View more Dark Orange - #FF8C00 color palettes and coordinating colors

663800

995400

CC7000

FF8C00

FFA333

FFBA66

FFD199

Monochromatic Color Palette

Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.

FF0073

FF0C00

FF8C00

F3FF00

73FF00

Analogous Color Palette

Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.

FF8C00

00FF8C

8C00FF

Triadic Color Palette

The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel

FF8C00

00FF0C

0073FF

FF00F3

Tetradic Color Palette

The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

FF8C00

FF9719

FFA333

FFAE4C

FFBA66

FFC57F

FFD199

FFDCB2

FFE8CC

FFF3E5

FFFFFF

Dark Orange - #FF8C00 Tints

FF8C00

E57E00

CC7000

B26200

995400

7F4600

663800

4C2A00

331C00

190E00

000000

Dark Orange - #FF8C00 Shades

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Complementary / Opposite Color

#FF8C00

Dark Orange

#0073FF

Blue (Crayola)*

Complementary / Opposite Color

Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors also called opposite colors. Complementary color schemes are created using two opposite colors on the color wheel. The examples are red–cyan, green–magenta, and blue–yellow.

What is the contrasting color of Dark Orange - #FF8C00?

Color that best contrast with Dark Orange - #FF8C00 is #0073FF, color name is Blue (Crayola)*. Contrast indicates a strong difference in color. Contrasting color can be found several ways, Complimentary contrast is one of them. Complementary contrast colors are opposite each other on the color wheel.