Dark orange

#ec8d3d

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 27 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Dark orange color values

Every conversion for #ec8d3d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ec8d3d

RGB236, 141, 61

HSL27, 82%, 58%

HSV27, 74%, 93%

CMYK0%, 40%, 74%, 7%

Lab67.44, 29.92, 56.01

XYZ44.96, 37.22, 9.23

Decimal15502653

Web safe#ff9933

Pantone804 C

Shades of dark orange

#ea7f25 #de7116 #c66513 #ad5911 #954c0f #7d400c #65330a #4c2707 #341b05 #1c0e03

Tints of dark orange

#ee974f #efa261 #f1ac72 #f3b784 #f5c196 #f6cca8 #f8d6b9 #fae1cb #fcebdd #fdf5ef

Colors that go with dark orange

Complementary#3d9cec Analogous#ec3d44 Analogous#ece53d Triadic#3dec8d Triadic#8d3dec Split complementary#3dece5 Split complementary#3d44ec

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, 40, 74, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ec8d3d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 74 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 72 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 #ec8d3d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ec8d3d; }
.text { color: #ec8d3d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ec8d3d; }

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 #ec8d3d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ec8d3d 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 #ec8d3d 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 #ec8d3d 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 #ec8d3d 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.