Dull Orange #D8863B

About this color

#D8863B is a medium-light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 69%, its chroma 0.134 and its hue 60°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Dull Orange. Black text reads best on it, at 7.39:1.

Colors that go with Dull Orange

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

Color palettes with Dull Orange

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

• Compass Advisory
• Sorrel Hedgerow
• Shell and Sailcloth
• Sandbar Weekend
• Dune Weekend
• Avocado Kitchen
• Disco Carpet
• Mustard Record

Similar named colors

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

• Peru #CD853F ΔE 0.019
• Pumpkin #E17701 ΔE 0.036
• Dusty Orange #F0833A ΔE 0.042
• Dark Peach #DE7E5D ΔE 0.046
• Orange Wheel #F77F00 ΔE 0.054
• Faded Orange #F0944D ΔE 0.057
• Pumpkin Orange #FB7D07 ΔE 0.061
• Ochre #BF9005 ΔE 0.061

More about Dull Orange

• Shades of orange
• What orange means

How to make Dull 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.

• 2 parts orange
• 2 parts pink
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #D88540, a difference of ΔE 0.005 from Dull Orange. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make orange? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Dull 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 Dull 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 400.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FBF4EE

   oklch(97.1% 0.011 63.4)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F7E6DA

   oklch(93.5% 0.025 57.7)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F1D3BB

   oklch(88.6% 0.047 60.8)

4. Step 300

   300

   #E9B48A

   oklch(80.8% 0.083 59.6)

5. Step 400

   400 (this color)

   #D8863B

   oklch(69.3% 0.134 59.8)

6. Step 500

   500

   #C96F00

   oklch(63.1% 0.149 59.4)

7. Step 600

   600

   #A95D00

   oklch(55.5% 0.13 59.8)

8. Step 700

   700

   #8F4E00

   oklch(49.2% 0.115 60)

9. Step 800

   800

   #763F00

   oklch(42.7% 0.101 59.7)

10. Step 900

    900

    #633400

    oklch(37.8% 0.089 59.7)

11. Step 950

    950

    #3C1D00

    oklch(26.9% 0.063 59.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Dull 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.