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#EA8A43

#ea8a43 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea8a43 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 26.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.03% magenta, 71.37% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 25.51°, with 79.9% saturation and 59.02% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 2.9.

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Relative luminance0.3607

Complementary

  1. #ea8a43
  2. #43a3ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea8a43
  2. #43eadd
  3. #4350ea

Analogous

  1. #ea4350
  2. #ea8a43
  3. #eadd43

Triadic

  1. #ea8a43
  2. #43ea8a
  3. #8a43ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8a43
  2. #a3ea43
  3. #43a3ea
  4. #8a43ea

Square

  1. #ea8a43
  2. #50ea43
  3. #43a3ea
  4. #dd43ea

Monochromatic

  1. #85410f
  2. #ca6317
  3. #ea8a43
  4. #f2b588
  5. #f9e0cd

Shades

#ea8a43 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8a43
  2. #d37c3c
  3. #bb6e36
  4. #a4612f
  5. #8c5328
  6. #754522
  7. #5e371b
  8. #462914
  9. #2f1c0d
  10. #170e07
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8a43 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8a43
  2. #ec9656
  3. #eea169
  4. #f0ad7b
  5. #f2b98e
  6. #f5c5a1
  7. #f7d0b4
  8. #f9dcc7
  9. #fbe8d9
  10. #fdf3ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8a43 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8a43
  2. #df8949
  3. #d5884f
  4. #ca8755
  5. #c0865b
  6. #b58562
  7. #aa8468
  8. #a0836e
  9. #958274
  10. #8b817a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c39986 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6953b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdaa43 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff767b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5913e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d09e43 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f77e69 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8a43 {
  color: #ea8a43;
}
Background
.bg-ea8a43 {
  background-color: #ea8a43;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8a43 {
  border: 2px solid #ea8a43;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8a43;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 138 67;
  --color-primary-hsl: 26 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8a43 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8a43, #eadd43);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8a43 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 138 67 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 2.90 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 4.47 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 5.14 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 5.95 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 6.04 #cd853f Peru ΔE 6.31 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 6.55 #1575bc Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ea8a43  rgb(234, 138, 67)  hsl(26, 80%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#43a3ea  rgb(67, 163, 234)  hsl(206, 80%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#43ea8a  rgb(67, 234, 138)  hsl(146, 80%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green
#8a43ea  rgb(138, 67, 234)  hsl(266, 80%, 59%)  Blue Violet