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#EA9440

#ea9440 ≈ Carrot Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea9440 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 58.04% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 36.75% magenta, 72.65% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 29.65°, with 80.19% saturation and 58.43% 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 8.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carrot Orange (#ed9121), ΔE 3.32.

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Relative luminance0.3904

Complementary

  1. #ea9440
  2. #4096ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea9440
  2. #40eae9
  3. #4041ea

Analogous

  1. #ea4041
  2. #ea9440
  3. #eae940

Triadic

  1. #ea9440
  2. #40ea94
  3. #9440ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea9440
  2. #96ea40
  3. #4096ea
  4. #9440ea

Square

  1. #ea9440
  2. #41ea40
  3. #4096ea
  4. #e940ea

Monochromatic

  1. #83480e
  2. #c86e16
  3. #ea9440
  4. #f2bb85
  5. #f9e1ca

Shades

#ea9440 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea9440
  2. #d3853a
  3. #bb7633
  4. #a4682d
  5. #8c5926
  6. #754a20
  7. #5e3b1a
  8. #462c13
  9. #2f1e0d
  10. #170f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea9440 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea9440
  2. #ec9f53
  3. #eea966
  4. #f0b479
  5. #f2bf8c
  6. #f5caa0
  7. #f7d4b3
  8. #f9dfc6
  9. #fbead9
  10. #fdf4ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea9440 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea9440
  2. #df9246
  3. #d5904d
  4. #ca8e53
  5. #c08c5a
  6. #b58a60
  7. #aa8866
  8. #a0866d
  9. #958473
  10. #8b827a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6a08a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9c36 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b041 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8182 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9993a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4a541 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7896e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea9440 {
  color: #ea9440;
}
Background
.bg-ea9440 {
  background-color: #ea9440;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea9440 {
  border: 2px solid #ea9440;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea9440;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 148 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 30 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea9440 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea9440, #eae940);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea9440 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 148 64 / 0.35);
}

#ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 3.32 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.92 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 4.81 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 4.86 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 5.08 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.33 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.40 #156bbf Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Carrot Orange
#ea9440  rgb(234, 148, 64)  hsl(30, 80%, 58%)  Carrot Orange
#4096ea  rgb(64, 150, 234)  hsl(210, 80%, 58%)  Dodger Blue
#40ea94  rgb(64, 234, 148)  hsl(150, 80%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green
#9440ea  rgb(148, 64, 234)  hsl(270, 80%, 58%)  Blue Violet