Dark orange

#5e4505

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark orange, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Dark orange, a vivid orange at 43 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark orange color values

Every conversion for #5e4505, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e4505
RGB94, 69, 5
HSL43, 90%, 19%
HSV43, 95%, 37%
CMYK0%, 27%, 95%, 63%
Lab30.99, 4.74, 38.18
XYZ6.77, 6.65, 1.07
Decimal6178053
Web safe#663300
Pantone4485 C
Pantone4485 CHex#5e4505Rgb94 69 5Cmyk0 27 95 63Lab31 5 38Darker#3a2b03Lighter#9a7310

Shades of dark orange

Tints of dark orange

Colors that go with dark orange

Dark orange in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 0, 27, 95, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e4505 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 27 95 63
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 29 91 69
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark orange in css

Copy #5e4505 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e4505; }
.text { color: #5e4505; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e4505; }

How dark orange looks on light and dark

Dark orange and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5e4505 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
9.02:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.33:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e4505 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark orange on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5e4505 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark orange? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark orange into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5e4505 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark orange, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #5e4505 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.