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#EA770C

#ea770c ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea770c is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 46.67% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 49.15% magenta, 94.87% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 28.92°, with 90.24% saturation and 48.24% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.3071

Complementary

  1. #ea770c
  2. #0c7fea

Split complementary

  1. #ea770c
  2. #0ceae6
  3. #0c10ea

Analogous

  1. #ea0c10
  2. #ea770c
  3. #eae60c

Triadic

  1. #ea770c
  2. #0cea77
  3. #770cea

Tetradic

  1. #ea770c
  2. #7fea0c
  3. #0c7fea
  4. #770cea

Square

  1. #ea770c
  2. #10ea0c
  3. #0c7fea
  4. #e60cea

Monochromatic

  1. #582d05
  2. #a15208
  3. #ea770c
  4. #f69e4d
  5. #fac695

Shades

#ea770c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea770c
  2. #d36b0b
  3. #bb5f0a
  4. #a45308
  5. #8c4707
  6. #753c06
  7. #5e3005
  8. #462404
  9. #2f1802
  10. #170c01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea770c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea770c
  2. #ec8524
  3. #ee923d
  4. #f0a055
  5. #f2ad6d
  6. #f5bb86
  7. #f7c99e
  8. #f9d6b6
  9. #fbe4ce
  10. #fdf1e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea770c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea770c
  2. #df7818
  3. #d57923
  4. #ca7a2f
  5. #c07b3a
  6. #b57c46
  7. #aa7c52
  8. #a07d5d
  9. #957e69
  10. #8b7f74
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be8b77 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #998600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a106 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5c66 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bf8000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc9208 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f86850 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea770c {
  color: #ea770c;
}
Background
.bg-ea770c {
  background-color: #ea770c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea770c {
  border: 2px solid #ea770c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea770c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 119 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 29 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea770c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea770c, #eae60c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea770c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 119 12 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 4.07 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.77 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 4.91 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.80 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 6.06 #d2691e Chocolate ΔE 6.53 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.66 #1588f3 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ea770c  rgb(234, 119, 12)  hsl(29, 90%, 48%)  Cadmium Orange
#0c7fea  rgb(12, 127, 234)  hsl(209, 90%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#0cea77  rgb(12, 234, 119)  hsl(149, 90%, 48%)  Spring Green
#770cea  rgb(119, 12, 234)  hsl(269, 90%, 48%)  Electric Indigo