Dark orange

#fb9823

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

Dark orange sits in the orange range, mid and vivid. 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 #fb9823, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fb9823

RGB251, 152, 35

HSL33, 96%, 56%

HSV33, 86%, 98%

CMYK0%, 39%, 86%, 2%

Lab71.61, 29.49, 70.17

XYZ51.32, 43.09, 7.2

Decimal16488483

Web safe#ff9933

Pantone1375 C

Shades of dark orange

#fb8c0a #e77f04 #ce7104 #b56303 #9b5603 #824802 #693a02 #502c01 #371e01 #1e1101

Tints of dark orange

#fba137 #fcab4b #fcb460 #fcbe74 #fdc788 #fdd19c #fedab1 #fee4c5 #feedd9 #fff7ed

Colors that go with dark orange

Complementary#2386fb Analogous#fb2c23 Analogous#f2fb23 Triadic#23fb98 Triadic#9823fb Split complementary#23f2fb Split complementary#2c23fb

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, 39, 86, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fb9823 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 39 86 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 40 83 8

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 #fb9823 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fb9823; }
.text { color: #fb9823; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fb9823; }

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 #fb9823 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fb9823 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 #fb9823 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 #fb9823 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

The figures for #fb9823 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.