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#EA8524

#ea8524 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea8524 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 52.16% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.16% magenta, 84.62% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 29.39°, with 82.5% saturation and 52.94% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 1.22.

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Relative luminance0.3439

Complementary

  1. #ea8524
  2. #2489ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea8524
  2. #24eae8
  3. #2426ea

Analogous

  1. #ea2426
  2. #ea8524
  3. #eae824

Triadic

  1. #ea8524
  2. #24ea85
  3. #8524ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8524
  2. #89ea24
  3. #2489ea
  4. #8524ea

Square

  1. #ea8524
  2. #26ea24
  3. #2489ea
  4. #e824ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6b3a0a
  2. #b15f11
  3. #ea8524
  4. #f1ac6a
  5. #f7d3b0

Shades

#ea8524 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8524
  2. #d37820
  3. #bb6a1d
  4. #a45d19
  5. #8c5016
  6. #754312
  7. #5e350e
  8. #46280b
  9. #2f1b07
  10. #170d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8524 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8524
  2. #ec913a
  3. #ee9d50
  4. #f0aa66
  5. #f2b67c
  6. #f5c292
  7. #f7cea7
  8. #f9dabd
  9. #fbe7d3
  10. #fdf3e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8524 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8524
  2. #df852d
  3. #d58436
  4. #ca8440
  5. #c08349
  6. #b58352
  7. #aa825b
  8. #a08264
  9. #95816e
  10. #8b8177
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1957f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3900d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bca824 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6e73 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c48c19 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d09b24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8785d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8524 {
  color: #ea8524;
}
Background
.bg-ea8524 {
  background-color: #ea8524;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8524 {
  border: 2px solid #ea8524;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8524;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 133 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 29 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8524 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8524, #eae824);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8524 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 133 36 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 1.22 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 2.38 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 3.36 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.42 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.45 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 5.80 #cd853f Peru ΔE 6.16 #157adb Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ea8524  rgb(234, 133, 36)  hsl(29, 83%, 53%)  Cadmium Orange
#2489ea  rgb(36, 137, 234)  hsl(209, 83%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#24ea85  rgb(36, 234, 133)  hsl(149, 83%, 53%)  Medium Spring Green
#8524ea  rgb(133, 36, 234)  hsl(269, 83%, 53%)  Blue Violet