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#EA8A38

#ea8a38 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea8a38 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 54.12% green and 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.03% magenta, 76.07% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 27.64°, with 80.91% saturation and 56.86% 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 1.25.

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Relative luminance0.3595

Complementary

  1. #ea8a38
  2. #3898ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea8a38
  2. #38eae3
  3. #383fea

Analogous

  1. #ea383f
  2. #ea8a38
  3. #eae338

Triadic

  1. #ea8a38
  2. #38ea8a
  3. #8a38ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8a38
  2. #98ea38
  3. #3898ea
  4. #8a38ea

Square

  1. #ea8a38
  2. #3fea38
  3. #3898ea
  4. #e338ea

Monochromatic

  1. #7c400d
  2. #c16414
  3. #ea8a38
  4. #f1b37d
  5. #f9dbc2

Shades

#ea8a38 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8a38
  2. #d37c32
  3. #bb6e2d
  4. #a46127
  5. #8c5322
  6. #75451c
  7. #5e3716
  8. #462911
  9. #2f1c0b
  10. #170e06
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8a38 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8a38
  2. #ec964c
  3. #eea160
  4. #f0ad74
  5. #f2b988
  6. #f5c59c
  7. #f7d0af
  8. #f9dcc3
  9. #fbe8d7
  10. #fdf3eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8a38 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8a38
  2. #df893f
  3. #d58846
  4. #ca874e
  5. #c08655
  6. #b5855c
  7. #aa8463
  8. #a0836a
  9. #958272
  10. #8b8179
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c39984 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7942d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beaa38 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7579 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c59032 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d19e38 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f77e65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8a38 {
  color: #ea8a38;
}
Background
.bg-ea8a38 {
  background-color: #ea8a38;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8a38 {
  border: 2px solid #ea8a38;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8a38;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 138 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8a38 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8a38, #eae338);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8a38 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 138 56 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 1.25 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.09 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.04 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.06 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.26 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 5.30 #cd853f Peru ΔE 5.83 #1575c7 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ea8a38  rgb(234, 138, 56)  hsl(28, 81%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#3898ea  rgb(56, 152, 234)  hsl(208, 81%, 57%)  Dodger Blue
#38ea8a  rgb(56, 234, 138)  hsl(148, 81%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green
#8a38ea  rgb(138, 56, 234)  hsl(268, 81%, 57%)  Blue Violet