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#E69918

#e69918 ≈ Gamboge

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e69918 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 60% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 33.48% magenta, 89.57% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 37.57°, with 81.1% saturation and 49.8% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 1.53.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.3967

Complementary

  1. #e69918
  2. #1865e6

Split complementary

  1. #e69918
  2. #18cce6
  3. #3218e6

Analogous

  1. #e63218
  2. #e69918
  3. #cce618

Triadic

  1. #e69918
  2. #18e699
  3. #9918e6

Tetradic

  1. #e69918
  2. #65e618
  3. #1865e6
  4. #9918e6

Square

  1. #e69918
  2. #18e632
  3. #1865e6
  4. #e618cc

Monochromatic

  1. #5b3d0a
  2. #a16b11
  3. #e69918
  4. #eeb85c
  5. #f5d6a2

Shades

#e69918 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e69918
  2. #cf8a16
  3. #b87a13
  4. #a16b11
  5. #8a5c0e
  6. #734d0c
  7. #5c3d0a
  8. #452e07
  9. #2e1f05
  10. #170f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#e69918 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e69918
  2. #e9a32f
  3. #ebad46
  4. #eeb85d
  5. #f0c274
  6. #f3cc8c
  7. #f5d6a3
  8. #f8e0ba
  9. #faebd1
  10. #fdf5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e69918 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e69918
  2. #dc9722
  3. #d2942d
  4. #c79237
  5. #bd8f42
  6. #b38d4c
  7. #a98a56
  8. #9f8861
  9. #94856b
  10. #8a8376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4a387 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b01e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb8583 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca9c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3a81c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f38e68 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e69918 {
  color: #e69918;
}
Background
.bg-e69918 {
  background-color: #e69918;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e69918 {
  border: 2px solid #e69918;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e69918;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 153 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 38 81% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e69918 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e69918, #cce618);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e69918 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 153 24 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 1.53 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.65 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 4.73 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.85 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.87 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.25 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.37 #1966e7 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Gamboge
#e69918  rgb(230, 153, 24)  hsl(38, 81%, 50%)  Gamboge
#1865e6  rgb(24, 101, 230)  hsl(218, 81%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#18e699  rgb(24, 230, 153)  hsl(158, 81%, 50%)  Medium Spring Green
#9918e6  rgb(153, 24, 230)  hsl(278, 81%, 50%)  Blue Violet