Dark orange

#ff9937

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 confident 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 #ff9937, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ff9937

RGB255, 153, 55

HSL29, 100%, 61%

HSV29, 78%, 100%

CMYK0%, 40%, 78%, 0%

Lab72.44, 31.16, 64.22

XYZ53.32, 44.32, 9.36

Decimal16750903

Web safe#ff9933

Pantone1495 C

Shades of dark orange

#ff8b1b #fe7d00 #e26f00 #c66100 #aa5300 #8e4600 #723800 #562a00 #3b1d00 #1f0f00

Tints of dark orange

#ffa249 #ffac5b #ffb56e #ffbe80 #ffc792 #ffd1a4 #ffdab7 #ffe3c9 #ffeddb #fff6ed

Colors that go with dark orange

Complementary#379dff Analogous#ff3739 Analogous#fffd37 Triadic#37ff99 Triadic#9937ff Split complementary#37fffd Split complementary#3739ff

Dark orange in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 0, 40, 78, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ff9937 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 40 78 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 41 76 6

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark orange in css

Copy #ff9937 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ff9937; }
.text { color: #ff9937; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff9937; }

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 #ff9937 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ff9937 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark orange on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ff9937 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark orange into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ff9937 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 #ff9937 are worked out. 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.