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#EA970E

#ea970e ≈ Gamboge

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea970e 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 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.47% magenta, 94.02% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 37.36°, with 88.71% saturation and 48.63% 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 2.7.

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Relative luminance0.3966

Complementary

  1. #ea970e
  2. #0e61ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea970e
  2. #0ecfea
  3. #290eea

Analogous

  1. #ea290e
  2. #ea970e
  3. #cfea0e

Triadic

  1. #ea970e
  2. #0eea97
  3. #970eea

Tetradic

  1. #ea970e
  2. #61ea0e
  3. #0e61ea
  4. #970eea

Square

  1. #ea970e
  2. #0eea29
  3. #0e61ea
  4. #ea0ecf

Monochromatic

  1. #5a3a05
  2. #a2680a
  3. #ea970e
  4. #f5b650
  5. #f9d498

Shades

#ea970e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea970e
  2. #d3880d
  3. #bb790b
  4. #a46a0a
  5. #8c5b08
  6. #754c07
  7. #5e3c06
  8. #462d04
  9. #2f1e03
  10. #170f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea970e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea970e
  2. #eca126
  3. #eeac3e
  4. #f0b656
  5. #f2c16e
  6. #f5cb87
  7. #f7d59f
  8. #f9e0b7
  9. #fbeacf
  10. #fdf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea970e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea970e
  2. #df9519
  3. #d59225
  4. #ca9030
  5. #c08e3c
  6. #b58c47
  7. #aa8952
  8. #a0875e
  9. #958569
  10. #8b8275
  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 #c6b116 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8281 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cb9b00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6a713 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f78b66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea970e {
  color: #ea970e;
}
Background
.bg-ea970e {
  background-color: #ea970e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea970e {
  border: 2px solid #ea970e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea970e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 151 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 37 89% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea970e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea970e, #cfea0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea970e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 151 14 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.70 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.62 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 3.82 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 3.92 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.59 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 6.09 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.26 #1568f1 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Gamboge
#ea970e  rgb(234, 151, 14)  hsl(37, 89%, 49%)  Gamboge
#0e61ea  rgb(14, 97, 234)  hsl(217, 89%, 49%)  Royal Blue
#0eea97  rgb(14, 234, 151)  hsl(157, 89%, 49%)  Medium Spring Green
#970eea  rgb(151, 14, 234)  hsl(277, 89%, 49%)  Blue Violet