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#E8A17F

#e8a17f ≈ Dark Salmon

  • orange
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e8a17f is a color from the orange family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 63.14% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.6% magenta, 45.26% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 19.43°, with 69.54% saturation and 70.39% 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 9.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Salmon (#e9967a), ΔE 4.11.

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Web safe#ff9966
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Relative luminance0.4418

Complementary

  1. #e8a17f
  2. #7fc6e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a17f
  2. #7fe8d6
  3. #7f91e8

Analogous

  1. #e87f91
  2. #e8a17f
  3. #e8d67f

Triadic

  1. #e8a17f
  2. #7fe8a1
  3. #a17fe8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a17f
  2. #c6e87f
  3. #7fc6e8
  4. #a17fe8

Square

  1. #e8a17f
  2. #91e87f
  3. #7fc6e8
  4. #d67fe8

Monochromatic

  1. #af4e1f
  2. #dc713e
  3. #e8a17f
  4. #f4d1c0
  5. #fcf2ee

Shades

#e8a17f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a17f
  2. #d19172
  3. #ba8166
  4. #a27159
  5. #8b614c
  6. #745140
  7. #5d4033
  8. #463026
  9. #2e2019
  10. #17100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a17f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a17f
  2. #eaaa8c
  3. #edb499
  4. #efbda5
  5. #f1c7b2
  6. #f4d0bf
  7. #f6d9cc
  8. #f8e3d9
  9. #faece5
  10. #fdf6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a17f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a17f
  2. #de9e7f
  3. #d39a7f
  4. #c9977f
  5. #be947f
  6. #b49180
  7. #aa8d80
  8. #9f8a80
  9. #958780
  10. #8a8380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caaba0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a87c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b77f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f99598 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba57d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4af7f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f29a8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a17f {
  color: #e8a17f;
}
Background
.bg-e8a17f {
  background-color: #e8a17f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a17f {
  border: 2px solid #e8a17f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a17f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 161 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 19 70% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a17f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a17f, #e8d67f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a17f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 161 127 / 0.35);
}

#e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 4.11 #ffa07a Light Salmon ΔE 4.58 #deaa88 Tumbleweed ΔE 4.71 #ffa089 Vivid Tangerine ΔE 6.75 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 7.70 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 7.94 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 8.55 #175e80 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Dark Salmon
#e8a17f  rgb(232, 161, 127)  hsl(19, 70%, 70%)  Dark Salmon
#7fc6e8  rgb(127, 198, 232)  hsl(199, 70%, 70%)  Baby Blue
#7fe8a1  rgb(127, 232, 161)  hsl(139, 70%, 70%)  Light Green
#a17fe8  rgb(161, 127, 232)  hsl(259, 70%, 70%)  Medium Purple