#FF6D00

A medium, vivid orange closely aligning with Darkorange.

About #FF6D00

When working with digital screens, the color #FF6D00 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkorange. Its digital footprint relies on 255 parts red, 109 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 57% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 25.6 degrees, it sits comfortably in the orange spectrum.

Contrast ratios determine whether this color is safe for typography. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#FF6D00
RGB255, 109, 0
HSL25.6°, 100.0%, 50.0%
CMYK0%, 57%, 100%, 0%
HSV25.6°, 100.0%, 100.0%
LAB63.5, 51.9, 72.0
XYZ46.7, 32.2, 3.8
Decimal16739584

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.82:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.44:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.70:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.32:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #FF6D00; }
.text-color { color: #FF6D00; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #FF6D00; }

Similar Colors

Darkorange
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