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#EA9449

#ea9449 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea9449 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 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 36.75% magenta, 68.8% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 27.95°, with 79.31% saturation and 60.2% 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 8.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 3.85.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.3915

Complementary

  1. #ea9449
  2. #499fea

Split complementary

  1. #ea9449
  2. #49eae5
  3. #494fea

Analogous

  1. #ea494f
  2. #ea9449
  3. #eae549

Triadic

  1. #ea9449
  2. #49ea94
  3. #9449ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea9449
  2. #9fea49
  3. #499fea
  4. #9449ea

Square

  1. #ea9449
  2. #4fea49
  3. #499fea
  4. #e549ea

Monochromatic

  1. #8a4910
  2. #cf6d18
  3. #ea9449
  4. #f2bc8e
  5. #fae5d2

Shades

#ea9449 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea9449
  2. #d38542
  3. #bb763a
  4. #a46833
  5. #8c592c
  6. #754a25
  7. #5e3b1d
  8. #462c16
  9. #2f1e0f
  10. #170f07
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea9449 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea9449
  2. #ec9f5b
  3. #eea96d
  4. #f0b480
  5. #f2bf92
  6. #f5caa4
  7. #f7d4b6
  8. #f9dfc8
  9. #fbeadb
  10. #fdf4ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea9449 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea9449
  2. #df924f
  3. #d59054
  4. #ca8e5a
  5. #c08c5f
  6. #b58a65
  7. #aa886a
  8. #a08670
  9. #958475
  10. #8b827b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6a08c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9c41 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2b049 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8184 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c99944 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3a549 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f78971 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea9449 {
  color: #ea9449;
}
Background
.bg-ea9449 {
  background-color: #ea9449;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea9449 {
  border: 2px solid #ea9449;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea9449;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 148 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea9449 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea9449, #eae549);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea9449 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 148 73 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.85 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 4.23 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 4.32 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.94 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 5.54 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 5.90 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 6.22 #156bb6 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ea9449  rgb(234, 148, 73)  hsl(28, 79%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#499fea  rgb(73, 159, 234)  hsl(208, 79%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#49ea94  rgb(73, 234, 148)  hsl(148, 79%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green
#9449ea  rgb(148, 73, 234)  hsl(268, 79%, 60%)  Blue Violet