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#CA601A

#ca601a ≈ Burnt Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca601a is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 37.65% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 52.48% magenta, 87.13% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 23.86°, with 77.19% saturation and 44.71% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Burnt Orange (#cc5500), ΔE 2.78.

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Web safe#cc6633
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Relative luminance0.21

Complementary

  1. #ca601a
  2. #1a84ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca601a
  2. #1acab8
  3. #1a2cca

Analogous

  1. #ca1a2c
  2. #ca601a
  3. #cab81a

Triadic

  1. #ca601a
  2. #1aca60
  3. #601aca

Tetradic

  1. #ca601a
  2. #84ca1a
  3. #1a84ca
  4. #601aca

Square

  1. #ca601a
  2. #2cca1a
  3. #1a84ca
  4. #b81aca

Monochromatic

  1. #422009
  2. #864011
  3. #ca601a
  4. #e88849
  5. #f0b48d

Shades

#ca601a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca601a
  2. #b65617
  3. #a24d15
  4. #8d4312
  5. #793a10
  6. #65300d
  7. #51260a
  8. #3d1d08
  9. #281305
  10. #140a03
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca601a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca601a
  2. #cf7031
  3. #d58048
  4. #da905f
  5. #dfa076
  6. #e5b08d
  7. #eabfa3
  8. #efcfba
  9. #f4dfd1
  10. #faefe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca601a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca601a
  2. #c36324
  3. #bb662e
  4. #b46a39
  5. #ac6d43
  6. #a5704d
  7. #9e7357
  8. #967661
  9. #8f7a6c
  10. #877d76
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a27365 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f700a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #988816 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de4853 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a26a12 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae7a18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d65243 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca601a {
  color: #ca601a;
}
Background
.bg-ca601a {
  background-color: #ca601a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca601a {
  border: 2px solid #ca601a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca601a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 96 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 24 77% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca601a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca601a, #cab81a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca601a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 96 26 / 0.35);
}

#cc5500 Burnt Orange ΔE 2.78 #d2691e Chocolate ΔE 3.14 #e25822 Flame ΔE 6.55 #ec5800 Persimmon ΔE 6.58 #b87333 Copper ΔE 7.87 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 8.18 #cb410b Sinopia ΔE 8.50 #359fe5 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Burnt Orange
#ca601a  rgb(202, 96, 26)  hsl(24, 77%, 45%)  Burnt Orange
#1a84ca  rgb(26, 132, 202)  hsl(204, 77%, 45%)  Steel Blue
#1aca60  rgb(26, 202, 96)  hsl(144, 77%, 45%)  Emerald
#601aca  rgb(96, 26, 202)  hsl(264, 77%, 45%)  Han Purple