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#EA802C

#ea802c ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea802c is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 50.2% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.3% magenta, 81.2% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 26.53°, with 81.9% saturation and 54.51% 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 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 2.31.

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Relative luminance0.3311

Complementary

  1. #ea802c
  2. #2c96ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea802c
  2. #2ceadf
  3. #2c37ea

Analogous

  1. #ea2c37
  2. #ea802c
  3. #eadf2c

Triadic

  1. #ea802c
  2. #2cea80
  3. #802cea

Tetradic

  1. #ea802c
  2. #96ea2c
  3. #2c96ea
  4. #802cea

Square

  1. #ea802c
  2. #37ea2c
  3. #2c96ea
  4. #df2cea

Monochromatic

  1. #72390b
  2. #b75b12
  3. #ea802c
  4. #f1aa72
  5. #f8d4b7

Shades

#ea802c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea802c
  2. #d37328
  3. #bb6623
  4. #a45a1f
  5. #8c4d1a
  6. #754016
  7. #5e3312
  8. #46260d
  9. #2f1a09
  10. #170d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea802c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea802c
  2. #ec8d41
  3. #ee9956
  4. #f0a66b
  5. #f2b380
  6. #f5c096
  7. #f7ccab
  8. #f9d9c0
  9. #fbe6d5
  10. #fdf2ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea802c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea802c
  2. #df8034
  3. #d5803d
  4. #ca8045
  5. #c0804e
  6. #b58056
  7. #aa805e
  8. #a08067
  9. #95806f
  10. #8b8078
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0917e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f8d1e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a52b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6970 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c28824 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce982b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8735c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea802c {
  color: #ea802c;
}
Background
.bg-ea802c {
  background-color: #ea802c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea802c {
  border: 2px solid #ea802c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea802c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 128 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea802c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea802c, #eadf2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea802c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 128 44 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 2.31 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.67 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 4.96 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.88 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.14 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 6.34 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 6.48 #157fd3 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ea802c  rgb(234, 128, 44)  hsl(27, 82%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#2c96ea  rgb(44, 150, 234)  hsl(207, 82%, 55%)  Dodger Blue
#2cea80  rgb(44, 234, 128)  hsl(147, 82%, 55%)  Medium Spring Green
#802cea  rgb(128, 44, 234)  hsl(267, 82%, 55%)  Blue Violet