Information about #DB8E28 color

#DB8E28 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DB8E28 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(219, 142, 40) — 85.9% red, 55.7% green, 15.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 30 / 70 / 14. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #DB8E28 reads as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Buttercup (#DA9429). Slightly further away sit Fuel Yellow (#D19033) and Cool Copper (#D98719).

In RGB terms — rgb(219, 142, 40) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #DB8E28 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DB8E28 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DB8E28 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#DB8E28 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#DB8E28 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#DB8E28 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#DB8E28 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #DB8E28

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Buttercup color link
Buttercup

#DA9429

Fuel Yellow color link
Fuel Yellow

#D19033

Cool Copper color link
Cool Copper

#D98719

Royal Arabian color link
Royal Arabian

#D7991C

Afterglow color link
Afterglow

#CE9732

Dixie color link
Dixie

#CD8431

Carrot Orange color link
Carrot Orange

#ED9121

Cadmium Orange color link
Cadmium Orange

#ED872D

Dull Orange color link
Dull Orange

#D8863B

Rustic Orange color link
Rustic Orange

#D78C3D

Day's Eye color link
Day's Eye

#C89828

Candlelight color link
Candlelight

#E09D37

#DB8E28 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DB8E28
  • RGB219, 142, 40
  • CMYK0, 30, 70, 14
  • CSSrgb(219, 142, 40)
  • HSL34°, 71%, 51%
  • HSL Precise34.19°, 71.315%, 50.784%
  • HSV34°, 82%, 86%
  • HSB34°, 82%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.859
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.157
  • GLSLvec3(0.859, 0.557, 0.157)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.859, 0.557, 0.157, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.859, 0.557, 0.157)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB85.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB15.7%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDDB8E28
  • DECIMAL ID14388776
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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