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#E7842E

#e7842e ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e7842e is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 51.76% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.86% magenta, 80.09% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 27.89°, with 79.4% saturation and 54.31% 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 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 1.3.

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Relative luminance0.3369

Complementary

  1. #e7842e
  2. #2e91e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7842e
  2. #2ee7e0
  3. #2e34e7

Analogous

  1. #e72e34
  2. #e7842e
  3. #e7e02e

Triadic

  1. #e7842e
  2. #2ee784
  3. #842ee7

Tetradic

  1. #e7842e
  2. #91e72e
  3. #2e91e7
  4. #842ee7

Square

  1. #e7842e
  2. #34e72e
  3. #2e91e7
  4. #e02ee7

Monochromatic

  1. #6f3b0d
  2. #b45f15
  3. #e7842e
  4. #efac73
  5. #f7d5b7

Shades

#e7842e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7842e
  2. #d07729
  3. #b96a25
  4. #a25c20
  5. #8b4f1c
  6. #744217
  7. #5c3512
  8. #45280e
  9. #2e1a09
  10. #170d05
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7842e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7842e
  2. #e99043
  3. #ec9d58
  4. #eea96d
  5. #f1b582
  6. #f3c297
  7. #f5ceab
  8. #f8dac0
  9. #fae6d5
  10. #fdf3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7842e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7842e
  2. #dd8436
  3. #d2833e
  4. #c88347
  5. #be824f
  6. #b48257
  7. #a9825f
  8. #9f8167
  9. #958170
  10. #8a8078
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf947f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a28f20 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a62e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd6e73 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c18b26 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cd992e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4775f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7842e {
  color: #e7842e;
}
Background
.bg-e7842e {
  background-color: #e7842e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7842e {
  border: 2px solid #e7842e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7842e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 132 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 79% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7842e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7842e, #e7e02e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7842e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 132 46 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 1.30 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.79 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.53 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 5.27 #cd853f Peru ΔE 5.56 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.62 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.63 #187bd1 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#e7842e  rgb(231, 132, 46)  hsl(28, 79%, 54%)  Cadmium Orange
#2e91e7  rgb(46, 145, 231)  hsl(208, 79%, 54%)  Bleu de France
#2ee784  rgb(46, 231, 132)  hsl(148, 79%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#842ee7  rgb(132, 46, 231)  hsl(268, 79%, 54%)  Blue Violet