CSS named color

Dark Orange #FF8C00

Dark Orange is vivid orange. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Dark Orange used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
2.33:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕
Aa The quick brown fox
9.00:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Dark Orange — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Dark Orange by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#FF8C00 ≈ Orange #0073FF ≈ Dodger Blue

Analogous

#FF0D00 ≈ Red #FF8C00 ≈ Orange #F2FF00 ≈ Yellow

Triadic

#FF8C00 ≈ Orange #00FF8C ≈ Spring Green #8C00FF ≈ Dark Violet

Split-complementary

#FF8C00 ≈ Orange #00F2FF ≈ Aqua #0D00FF ≈ Blue

Tetradic

#FF8C00 ≈ Orange #00FF0D ≈ Lime #0073FF ≈ Dodger Blue #FF00F2 ≈ Fuchsia

Use Dark Orange in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#ff8c00], border-[#ff8c00].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Dark Orange into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

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