Information about #DF8B31 color

#DF8B31 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DF8B31 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(223, 139, 49) — 87.5% red, 54.5% green, 19.2% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 38 / 78 / 13. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored amber-leaning orange, #DF8B31 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is just a few steps away from Buttercup (#DA9429). Slightly further away sit Dull Orange (#D8863B) and California (#E98C3A).

In RGB terms — rgb(223, 139, 49) — 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, #DF8B31 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#DF8B31 color variations

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

#DF8B31 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#DF8B31 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#DF8B31 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#DF8B31 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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#DF8B31 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 #DF8B31

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

Dull Orange color link
Dull Orange

#D8863B

California color link
California

#E98C3A

West Side color link
West Side

#E5823A

Tree Poppy color link
Tree Poppy

#E2813B

Rustic Orange color link
Rustic Orange

#D78C3D

Fuel Yellow color link
Fuel Yellow

#D19033

Cadmium Orange color link
Cadmium Orange

#ED872D

Carpe Diem color link
Carpe Diem

#E4943D

Flashback color link
Flashback

#DF803E

Sun color link
Sun

#EF8E38

Party Animal color link
Party Animal

#DB9241

#DF8B31 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DF8B31
  • RGB223, 139, 49
  • CMYK0, 38, 78, 13
  • CSSrgb(223, 139, 49)
  • HSL31°, 73%, 53%
  • HSL Precise31.034°, 73.109%, 53.333%
  • HSV31°, 78%, 87%
  • HSB31°, 78%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.875
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.192
  • GLSLvec3(0.875, 0.545, 0.192)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.875, 0.545, 0.192, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.875, 0.545, 0.192)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB87.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB19.2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDDF8B31
  • DECIMAL ID14650161
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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