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#EA862D

#ea862d ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea862d is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 52.55% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.74% magenta, 80.77% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 28.25°, with 81.82% saturation and 54.71% 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 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 0.58.

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Relative luminance0.3473

Complementary

  1. #ea862d
  2. #2d91ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea862d
  2. #2deae4
  3. #2d33ea

Analogous

  1. #ea2d33
  2. #ea862d
  3. #eae42d

Triadic

  1. #ea862d
  2. #2dea86
  3. #862dea

Tetradic

  1. #ea862d
  2. #91ea2d
  3. #2d91ea
  4. #862dea

Square

  1. #ea862d
  2. #33ea2d
  3. #2d91ea
  4. #e42dea

Monochromatic

  1. #733c0b
  2. #b86012
  3. #ea862d
  4. #f1ae73
  5. #f8d6b8

Shades

#ea862d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea862d
  2. #d37929
  3. #bb6b24
  4. #a45e20
  5. #8c501b
  6. #754317
  7. #5e3612
  8. #46280e
  9. #2f1b09
  10. #170d05
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea862d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea862d
  2. #ec9242
  3. #ee9e57
  4. #f0aa6c
  5. #f2b681
  6. #f5c396
  7. #f7cfab
  8. #f9dbc0
  9. #fbe7d5
  10. #fdf3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea862d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea862d
  2. #df8535
  3. #d5853e
  4. #ca8446
  5. #c0844e
  6. #b58357
  7. #aa825f
  8. #a08267
  9. #95816f
  10. #8b8178
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c29681 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4911e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bca82d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7075 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c48d25 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d09c2d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f87960 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea862d {
  color: #ea862d;
}
Background
.bg-ea862d {
  background-color: #ea862d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea862d {
  border: 2px solid #ea862d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea862d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 134 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea862d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea862d, #eae42d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea862d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 134 45 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 0.58 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.22 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.28 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.89 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.00 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 5.80 #cd853f Peru ΔE 5.99 #1579d2 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ea862d  rgb(234, 134, 45)  hsl(28, 82%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#2d91ea  rgb(45, 145, 234)  hsl(208, 82%, 55%)  Bleu de France
#2dea86  rgb(45, 234, 134)  hsl(148, 82%, 55%)  Medium Spring Green
#862dea  rgb(134, 45, 234)  hsl(268, 82%, 55%)  Blue Violet