#DF8C19

sRGB: 223 / 140 / 25

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Morning melodies thunder through timeless canyons
Pale reflections reveal unspoken wonders

#DF8C19 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 140 green and 25 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 34.8° lands in the orange region. Its 79.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.90:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 140, 25
HSL: 34.85°, 79.84%, 48.63%
HSV / HSB: 34.85°, 88.79%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 37.22%, 88.79%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 39.984, 34.516, 5.476
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 65.370, 23.911, 66.473
WCAG relative luminance: 0.34514
24-bit decimal: 14650393

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DF8C19 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.90:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.66:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#196CDF sits half a turn (180°) from #DF8C19 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DF8C19 #196CDF

Analogous

#DF2919 and #CFDF19 sit 30° to either side of #DF8C19. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DF2919 #DF8C19 #CFDF19

Triadic

#DF8C19, #19DF8C and #8C19DF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DF8C19 #19DF8C #8C19DF

Split complementary

Start at #DF8C19 and look across the wheel. #19CFDF and #2919DF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DF8C19 #19CFDF #2919DF

Square

Starting with #DF8C19, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #19DF29, #196CDF, then #DF19CF. Across the square, #DF8C19 pairs with #196CDF, and #19DF29 with #DF19CF.

#DF8C19 #19DF29 #196CDF #DF19CF

Tetradic

#DF8C19 and #196CDF are opposites, as are #6CDF19 and #8C19DF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DF8C19 #6CDF19 #196CDF #8C19DF

Tints

Mixing #DF8C19 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5A347, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9E8D1, the mixture is 80% white.

#DF8C19 #E5A347 #ECBA75 #F2D1A3 #F9E8D1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DF8C19 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B27014, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D1C05, the mixture is 80% black.

#DF8C19 #B27014 #86540F #59380A #2D1C05 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DF8C19 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC8A2E, keeps 80% of the original. By #93826B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DF8C19 #CC8A2E #B98742 #A68557 #93826B #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DF8C19

RGB

rgb(223 140 25)

HSL

hsl(34.848 79.839% 48.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DF8C19;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DF8C19 uses 223 red, 140 green and 25 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 54.9%

Blue 9.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DF8C19 is 0.0% cyan, 37.2% magenta, 88.8% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 37.2%

Yellow 88.8%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD8811. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D81 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DF8C19 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD8811 Nearest web-safe: #CC9900

Gradient to complement

#DF8C19 #BE873A #9D815B #7C7C7C #5B779D #3A71BE #196CDF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DF8C19 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#A79300

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#BBA61D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F47878

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BE9300

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C69D18

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E2884E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#9F9F9F

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C29675

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.73791 G 0.26225 B 0.00972

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.82861 G 0.56391 B 0.22219

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.65346 G 0.27804 B 0.04044

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.500 y 0.432 Y 34.516

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 12.549 M % 45.098 Y % 90.196

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011111 10001100 00011001