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#EA9237

#ea9237 ≈ Carrot Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea9237 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 57.25% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.61% magenta, 76.5% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 30.5°, with 81% saturation and 56.67% 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 8.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carrot Orange (#ed9121), ΔE 2.32.

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Relative luminance0.3833

Complementary

  1. #ea9237
  2. #378fea

Split complementary

  1. #ea9237
  2. #37e9ea
  3. #3937ea

Analogous

  1. #ea3937
  2. #ea9237
  3. #e9ea37

Triadic

  1. #ea9237
  2. #37ea92
  3. #9237ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea9237
  2. #8fea37
  3. #378fea
  4. #9237ea

Square

  1. #ea9237
  2. #37ea39
  3. #378fea
  4. #ea37e9

Monochromatic

  1. #7b450d
  2. #c06c14
  3. #ea9237
  4. #f1b87c
  5. #f9ddc1

Shades

#ea9237 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea9237
  2. #d38332
  3. #bb752c
  4. #a46627
  5. #8c5821
  6. #75491c
  7. #5e3a16
  8. #462c11
  9. #2f1d0b
  10. #170f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea9237 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea9237
  2. #ec9d4b
  3. #eea85f
  4. #f0b373
  5. #f2be87
  6. #f5c99b
  7. #f7d3af
  8. #f9dec3
  9. #fbe9d7
  10. #fdf4eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea9237 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea9237
  2. #df903e
  3. #d58e46
  4. #ca8d4d
  5. #c08b54
  6. #b5895c
  7. #aa8763
  8. #a0856a
  9. #958471
  10. #8b8279
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c59f88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9a2a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ae38 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7e80 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c99730 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3a438 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7866a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea9237 {
  color: #ea9237;
}
Background
.bg-ea9237 {
  background-color: #ea9237;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea9237 {
  border: 2px solid #ea9237;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea9237;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 146 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 31 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea9237 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea9237, #e9ea37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea9237 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 146 55 / 0.35);
}

#ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 2.32 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.75 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.32 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.37 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.80 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 4.97 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 5.79 #156dc8 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carrot Orange
#ea9237  rgb(234, 146, 55)  hsl(31, 81%, 57%)  Carrot Orange
#378fea  rgb(55, 143, 234)  hsl(211, 81%, 57%)  Bleu de France
#37ea92  rgb(55, 234, 146)  hsl(151, 81%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green
#9237ea  rgb(146, 55, 234)  hsl(271, 81%, 57%)  Blue Violet