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#DF9840

#df9840 ≈ Carrot Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#df9840 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 59.61% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.84% magenta, 71.3% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 33.21°, with 71.3% saturation and 56.27% 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carrot Orange (#ed9121), ΔE 4.33.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3851

Complementary

  1. #df9840
  2. #4087df

Split complementary

  1. #df9840
  2. #40d6df
  3. #4840df

Analogous

  1. #df4840
  2. #df9840
  3. #d6df40

Triadic

  1. #df9840
  2. #40df98
  3. #9840df

Tetradic

  1. #df9840
  2. #87df40
  3. #4087df
  4. #9840df

Square

  1. #df9840
  2. #40df48
  3. #4087df
  4. #df40d6

Monochromatic

  1. #734813
  2. #b4711e
  3. #df9840
  4. #eabb82
  5. #f5dfc3

Shades

#df9840 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #df9840
  2. #c9893a
  3. #b27a33
  4. #9c6a2d
  5. #865b26
  6. #704c20
  7. #593d1a
  8. #432e13
  9. #2d1e0d
  10. #160f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#df9840 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #df9840
  2. #e2a253
  3. #e5ad66
  4. #e9b779
  5. #ecc18c
  6. #efcca0
  7. #f2d6b3
  8. #f5e0c6
  9. #f9ead9
  10. #fcf5ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#df9840 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #df9840
  2. #d69646
  3. #cc934d
  4. #c39153
  5. #b98e5a
  6. #b08c60
  7. #a68a66
  8. #9d876d
  9. #938573
  10. #8a827a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0a189 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09d35 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ad42 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f38785 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c49b3a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cda541 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb8e70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-df9840 {
  color: #df9840;
}
Background
.bg-df9840 {
  background-color: #df9840;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-df9840 {
  border: 2px solid #df9840;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #df9840;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 152 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 33 71% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-df9840 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df9840, #d6df40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-df9840 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 152 64 / 0.35);
}

#ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.33 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 4.71 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.36 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.77 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 6.16 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 6.45 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 6.61 #2067bf Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carrot Orange
#df9840  rgb(223, 152, 64)  hsl(33, 71%, 56%)  Carrot Orange
#4087df  rgb(64, 135, 223)  hsl(213, 71%, 56%)  Bleu de France
#40df98  rgb(64, 223, 152)  hsl(153, 71%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#9840df  rgb(152, 64, 223)  hsl(273, 71%, 56%)  Dark Orchid