Deep Orange #DC4D01

About this color

#DC4D01 is a medium-dark, vivid orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 61%, its chroma 0.191 and its hue 40°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Deep Orange. Black text reads best on it, at 5.10:1.

Colors that go with Deep Orange

Matches found by rotating Deep Orange around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Deep Orange

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Deep Orange, closest first.

• Lime Squeeze
• Booth Menu
• Chrome Jukebox
• Milkshake Special
• Cauldron and Pumpkin
• Jack Feast
• Jack Fog
• Groovy Station Wagon

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Deep Orange, with their ΔE distance.

• Rusty Orange #CD5909 ΔE 0.032
• Rust Orange #C45508 ΔE 0.045
• Tomato Red #EC2D01 ΔE 0.047
• Pale Red #D9544D ΔE 0.050
• Terra Cotta #C9643B ΔE 0.051
• Chocolate #D2691E ΔE 0.053
• Vermillion #F4320C ΔE 0.053
• Brick Orange #C14A09 ΔE 0.054

More about Deep Orange

• Shades of orange
• What orange means

How to make Deep Orange

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts orange
• 3 parts red
• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #DB5028, a difference of ΔE 0.016 from Deep Orange. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Deep Orange in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Deep Orange

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FDF3EF

   oklch(97.1% 0.012 43.3)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FBE4DD

   oklch(93.6% 0.027 37.6)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F8CEC0

   oklch(88.4% 0.051 39.3)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F5AC93

   oklch(80.8% 0.093 39.7)

5. Step 400

   400

   #ED7C54

   oklch(70.7% 0.15 39.9)

6. Step 500

   500 (this color)

   #DC4D01

   oklch(61% 0.191 40.1)

7. Step 600

   600

   #C24300

   oklch(55.5% 0.173 40.3)

8. Step 700

   700

   #A43700

   oklch(49% 0.153 40.1)

9. Step 800

   800

   #882C00

   oklch(42.7% 0.134 40.1)

10. Step 900

    900

    #722400

    oklch(37.7% 0.117 40.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #451503

    oklch(27.1% 0.079 40.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Deep Orange with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.