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#EA940F

#ea940f ≈ Carrot Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea940f is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 58.04% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 36.75% magenta, 93.59% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 36.44°, with 87.95% saturation and 48.82% 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 8.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carrot Orange (#ed9121), ΔE 2.75.

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Relative luminance0.3871

Complementary

  1. #ea940f
  2. #0f65ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea940f
  2. #0fd2ea
  3. #270fea

Analogous

  1. #ea270f
  2. #ea940f
  3. #d2ea0f

Triadic

  1. #ea940f
  2. #0fea94
  3. #940fea

Tetradic

  1. #ea940f
  2. #65ea0f
  3. #0f65ea
  4. #940fea

Square

  1. #ea940f
  2. #0fea27
  3. #0f65ea
  4. #ea0fd2

Monochromatic

  1. #5a3906
  2. #a2670a
  3. #ea940f
  4. #f4b452
  5. #f8d399

Shades

#ea940f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea940f
  2. #d3850e
  3. #bb760c
  4. #a4680b
  5. #8c5909
  6. #754a08
  7. #5e3b06
  8. #462c05
  9. #2f1e03
  10. #170f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea940f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea940f
  2. #ec9f27
  3. #eea93f
  4. #f0b457
  5. #f2bf6f
  6. #f5ca87
  7. #f7d49f
  8. #f9dfb7
  9. #fbeacf
  10. #fdf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea940f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea940f
  2. #df921a
  3. #d59026
  4. #ca8e31
  5. #c08c3c
  6. #b58a48
  7. #aa8853
  8. #a0865e
  9. #958469
  10. #8b8275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5a085 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09b00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5af15 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7f7e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca9800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5a513 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f88864 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea940f {
  color: #ea940f;
}
Background
.bg-ea940f {
  background-color: #ea940f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea940f {
  border: 2px solid #ea940f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea940f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 148 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 36 88% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea940f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea940f, #d2ea0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea940f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 148 15 / 0.35);
}

#ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 2.75 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.79 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 4.18 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.74 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.97 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.30 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 6.15 #156bf0 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carrot Orange
#ea940f  rgb(234, 148, 15)  hsl(36, 88%, 49%)  Carrot Orange
#0f65ea  rgb(15, 101, 234)  hsl(216, 88%, 49%)  Royal Blue
#0fea94  rgb(15, 234, 148)  hsl(156, 88%, 49%)  Medium Spring Green
#940fea  rgb(148, 15, 234)  hsl(276, 88%, 49%)  Blue Violet