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#E87F25

#e87f25 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e87f25 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 49.8% green and 14.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.26% magenta, 84.05% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 27.69°, with 80.91% saturation and 52.75% 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 7.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 2.19.

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Relative luminance0.3247

Complementary

  1. #e87f25
  2. #258ee8

Split complementary

  1. #e87f25
  2. #25e8e0
  3. #252de8

Analogous

  1. #e8252d
  2. #e87f25
  3. #e8e025

Triadic

  1. #e87f25
  2. #25e87f
  3. #7f25e8

Tetradic

  1. #e87f25
  2. #8ee825
  3. #258ee8
  4. #7f25e8

Square

  1. #e87f25
  2. #2de825
  3. #258ee8
  4. #e025e8

Monochromatic

  1. #69360b
  2. #ae5a12
  3. #e87f25
  4. #efa86a
  5. #f7d0af

Shades

#e87f25 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e87f25
  2. #d17221
  3. #ba661e
  4. #a2591a
  5. #8b4c16
  6. #744013
  7. #5d330f
  8. #46260b
  9. #2e1907
  10. #170d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#e87f25 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e87f25
  2. #ea8c3b
  3. #ed9951
  4. #efa566
  5. #f1b27c
  6. #f4bf92
  7. #f6cca8
  8. #f8d9be
  9. #fae5d3
  10. #fdf2e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e87f25 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e87f25
  2. #de7f2e
  3. #d37f37
  4. #c97f40
  5. #be7f49
  6. #b48053
  7. #aa805c
  8. #9f8065
  9. #95806e
  10. #8a8077
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be907c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e8c12 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a424 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fe676e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0871b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cd9624 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6725a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e87f25 {
  color: #e87f25;
}
Background
.bg-e87f25 {
  background-color: #e87f25;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e87f25 {
  border: 2px solid #e87f25;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e87f25;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 127 37;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 81% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e87f25 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e87f25, #e8e025);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e87f25 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 127 37 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 2.19 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.03 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.97 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 5.58 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 5.62 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 5.83 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 6.04 #1780da Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#e87f25  rgb(232, 127, 37)  hsl(28, 81%, 53%)  Cadmium Orange
#258ee8  rgb(37, 142, 232)  hsl(208, 81%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#25e87f  rgb(37, 232, 127)  hsl(148, 81%, 53%)  Medium Spring Green
#7f25e8  rgb(127, 37, 232)  hsl(268, 81%, 53%)  Blue Violet