Dark orange

#ec8c39

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

Dark orange is a mid orange with grounded warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Dark orange color values

Every conversion for #ec8c39, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec8c39

RGB236, 140, 57

HSL28, 82%, 57%

HSV28, 76%, 93%

CMYK0%, 41%, 76%, 7%

Lab67.19, 30.28, 57.51

XYZ44.71, 36.88, 8.63

Decimal15502393

Web safe#ff9933

Pantone716 C

Shades of dark orange

#ea7e21 #db7115 #c46513 #ac5810 #944c0e #7c400c #64330a #4c2707 #341b05 #1c0e03

Tints of dark orange

#ee974b #efa15d #f1ac70 #f3b682 #f5c194 #f6cba6 #f8d6b8 #fae0ca #fcebdd #fdf6ef

Colors that go with dark orange

Complementary#3999ec Analogous#ec393f Analogous#ece639 Triadic#39ec8c Triadic#8c39ec Split complementary#39ece5 Split complementary#3940ec

Dark orange in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 41, 76, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec8c39 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 41 76 7

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 42 74 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #ec8c39 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec8c39; }
.text { color: #ec8c39; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec8c39; }

How dark orange looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark orange and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ec8c39 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec8c39 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 #ec8c39 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #ec8c39 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

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

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #ec8c39 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.