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#DF8026

#df8026 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#df8026 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 50.2% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.6% magenta, 82.96% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 29.19°, with 74.3% saturation and 51.18% 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 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 3.02.

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Relative luminance0.3127

Complementary

  1. #df8026
  2. #2685df

Split complementary

  1. #df8026
  2. #26dfdd
  3. #2629df

Analogous

  1. #df2629
  2. #df8026
  3. #dfdd26

Triadic

  1. #df8026
  2. #26df80
  3. #8026df

Tetradic

  1. #df8026
  2. #85df26
  3. #2685df
  4. #8026df

Square

  1. #df8026
  2. #29df26
  3. #2685df
  4. #dd26df

Monochromatic

  1. #5e350e
  2. #a15a18
  3. #df8026
  4. #e9a769
  5. #f3ceab

Shades

#df8026 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #df8026
  2. #c97322
  3. #b2661e
  4. #9c5a1b
  5. #864d17
  6. #704013
  7. #59330f
  8. #43260b
  9. #2d1a08
  10. #160d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#df8026 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #df8026
  2. #e28d3c
  3. #e59951
  4. #e9a667
  5. #ecb37d
  6. #efc093
  7. #f2cca8
  8. #f5d9be
  9. #f9e6d4
  10. #fcf2e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#df8026 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #df8026
  2. #d6802f
  3. #cc8038
  4. #c38041
  5. #b9804a
  6. #b08053
  7. #a6805c
  8. #9d8065
  9. #93806e
  10. #8a8077
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b98f7a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9d8a14 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a026 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f46b6f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb861d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c69426 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ec745a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-df8026 {
  color: #df8026;
}
Background
.bg-df8026 {
  background-color: #df8026;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-df8026 {
  border: 2px solid #df8026;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #df8026;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 128 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 29 74% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-df8026 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df8026, #dfdd26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-df8026 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 128 38 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.02 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 3.74 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 3.78 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 4.24 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.27 #cd853f Peru ΔE 4.59 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.93 #207fd9 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#df8026  rgb(223, 128, 38)  hsl(29, 74%, 51%)  Cadmium Orange
#2685df  rgb(38, 133, 223)  hsl(209, 74%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#26df80  rgb(38, 223, 128)  hsl(149, 74%, 51%)  Emerald
#8026df  rgb(128, 38, 223)  hsl(269, 74%, 51%)  Blue Violet