Information about Dark Orange color
Basic facts about this digital color
#FF8C00 is a pure, full-strength amber-leaning orange that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from American Orange (#FF8B00). Slightly further away sit Ewing Orange (#FF8B08) and Fanta Orange (#FF8300).
The recipe behind #FF8C00 is rgb(255, 140, 0), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #FF8C00: 9.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. The name "Dark Orange" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Dark Orange color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Dark Orange color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Dark Orange color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Dark Orange color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Dark Orange color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Dark Orange 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Dark Orange color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Dark Orange
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#FF8B00
#FF8B08
#FF8300
#FF8000
#FD9800
#FF9900
#FF9A00
#F28500
#F77F00
#F08F00
#FF7D07
#FD7C07
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#FF8C00
- RGB255, 140, 0
- CMYK0, 45, 100, 0
- CSSrgb(255, 140, 0)
- HSL33°, 100%, 50%
- HSL Precise32.941°, 100%, 50%
- HSV33°, 100%, 100%
- HSB33°, 100%, 100%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)1.000
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
- GLSLvec3(1.000, 0.549, 0.000)
- GLSL with alphavec4(1.000, 0.549, 0.000, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(1.000, 0.549, 0.000)
- Percentage of Red in RGB100%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDFF8C00
- DECIMAL ID16747520
- Name Length11
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- Counting from2025-01-01
