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#EA9428

#ea9428 ≈ Carrot Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea9428 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 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 36.75% magenta, 82.91% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 33.4°, with 82.2% saturation and 53.73% 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carrot Orange (#ed9121), ΔE 1.29.

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Relative luminance0.3883

Complementary

  1. #ea9428
  2. #287eea

Split complementary

  1. #ea9428
  2. #28dfea
  3. #3328ea

Analogous

  1. #ea3328
  2. #ea9428
  3. #dfea28

Triadic

  1. #ea9428
  2. #28ea94
  3. #9428ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea9428
  2. #7eea28
  3. #287eea
  4. #9428ea

Square

  1. #ea9428
  2. #28ea33
  3. #287eea
  4. #ea28df

Monochromatic

  1. #6e420b
  2. #b46c12
  3. #ea9428
  4. #f1b76e
  5. #f8d9b3

Shades

#ea9428 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea9428
  2. #d38524
  3. #bb7620
  4. #a4681c
  5. #8c5918
  6. #754a14
  7. #5e3b10
  8. #462c0c
  9. #2f1e08
  10. #170f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea9428 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea9428
  2. #ec9f3e
  3. #eea953
  4. #f0b469
  5. #f2bf7e
  6. #f5ca94
  7. #f7d4a9
  8. #f9dfbf
  9. #fbead4
  10. #fdf4ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea9428 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea9428
  2. #df9231
  3. #d5903a
  4. #ca8e42
  5. #c08c4b
  6. #b58a54
  7. #aa885d
  8. #a08666
  9. #95846e
  10. #8b8277
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6a087 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09b0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4af2a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8080 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca981c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4a529 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f78868 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea9428 {
  color: #ea9428;
}
Background
.bg-ea9428 {
  background-color: #ea9428;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea9428 {
  border: 2px solid #ea9428;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea9428;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 148 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 33 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea9428 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea9428, #dfea28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea9428 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 148 40 / 0.35);
}

#ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 1.29 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.34 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 4.93 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 5.05 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 5.10 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.30 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.32 #156bd7 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carrot Orange
#ea9428  rgb(234, 148, 40)  hsl(33, 82%, 54%)  Carrot Orange
#287eea  rgb(40, 126, 234)  hsl(213, 82%, 54%)  Tufts Blue
#28ea94  rgb(40, 234, 148)  hsl(153, 82%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#9428ea  rgb(148, 40, 234)  hsl(273, 82%, 54%)  Blue Violet