Dark Orange color (#FF8C00)
Dark Orange is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword darkorange
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #FF8C00, which is rgb(255, 140, 0) in RGB.
It is a light, vivid warm color with a hue angle of 33° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 75% in OKLCH. On a dark orange background, black text gives the higher contrast at 9.00:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Dark Orange color codes
| CSS name | darkorange |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #FF8C00 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #FF8C00FF |
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| RGB | rgb(255, 140, 0) |
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| HSL | hsl(33, 100%, 50%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(33, 100%, 100%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(75.1% 0.1791 58.3) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 100%, 0%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for dark orange used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of dark orange
Tints mix dark orange with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with dark orange
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Dark Orange with color blindness
Approximately how dark orange appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using dark orange in CSS
.element {
color: darkorange;
background-color: #ff8c00;
border-color: rgb(255 140 0 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(75.1% 0.1791 58.3);
}Similar named colors
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