Teams with Burnt Orange Colors
5 teams across 4 leagues
Find teams built on burnt orange. Darker and earthier than bright orange, this shade defines several college powerhouses and a few distinctive pro identities.
Burnt Orange Shade Spectrum
Every team's take on burnt orange, ordered light to dark. Each block is the exact published shade — hover or tap to see the team and hex code.
Burnt Orange in Sports: Meaning & History
Burnt orange is orange with the volume turned toward earth rather than neon. Darker, richer, and more grounded than bright orange, it carries a collegiate, heritage feel that a handful of programs have made entirely their own.
The shade lives on a knife's edge — push it lighter and it becomes ordinary orange, push it darker and it reads as brown. Getting the hex exactly right is the whole game, which is why burnt orange deserves its own reference rather than being lumped in with orange.