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#EA970B

#ea970b ≈ Gamboge

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea970b is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 59.22% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.47% magenta, 95.3% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 37.67°, with 91.02% saturation and 48.04% 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 8.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 2.63.

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Relative luminance0.3965

Complementary

  1. #ea970b
  2. #0b5eea

Split complementary

  1. #ea970b
  2. #0bcdea
  3. #280bea

Analogous

  1. #ea280b
  2. #ea970b
  3. #cdea0b

Triadic

  1. #ea970b
  2. #0bea97
  3. #970bea

Tetradic

  1. #ea970b
  2. #5eea0b
  3. #0b5eea
  4. #970bea

Square

  1. #ea970b
  2. #0bea28
  3. #0b5eea
  4. #ea0bcd

Monochromatic

  1. #583904
  2. #a16808
  3. #ea970b
  4. #f7b74b
  5. #fad494

Shades

#ea970b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea970b
  2. #d3880a
  3. #bb7909
  4. #a46a08
  5. #8c5b07
  6. #754c06
  7. #5e3c04
  8. #462d03
  9. #2f1e02
  10. #170f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea970b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea970b
  2. #eca123
  3. #eeac3c
  4. #f0b654
  5. #f2c16d
  6. #f5cb85
  7. #f7d59d
  8. #f9e0b6
  9. #fbeace
  10. #fdf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea970b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea970b
  2. #df9517
  3. #d59222
  4. #ca902e
  5. #c08e3a
  6. #b58c46
  7. #aa8951
  8. #a0875d
  9. #958569
  10. #8b8274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6a286 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b114 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8281 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cb9b00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6a711 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f78b66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea970b {
  color: #ea970b;
}
Background
.bg-ea970b {
  background-color: #ea970b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea970b {
  border: 2px solid #ea970b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea970b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 151 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 38 91% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea970b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea970b, #cdea0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea970b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 151 11 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.63 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.58 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 3.93 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 3.93 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.55 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 6.16 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.30 #1568f4 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Gamboge
#ea970b  rgb(234, 151, 11)  hsl(38, 91%, 48%)  Gamboge
#0b5eea  rgb(11, 94, 234)  hsl(218, 91%, 48%)  Royal Blue
#0bea97  rgb(11, 234, 151)  hsl(158, 91%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#970bea  rgb(151, 11, 234)  hsl(278, 91%, 48%)  Blue Violet