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#EA9808

#ea9808 ≈ Gamboge

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea9808 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 59.61% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.04% magenta, 96.58% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 38.23°, with 93.39% saturation and 47.45% 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 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 2.24.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.3997

Complementary

  1. #ea9808
  2. #085aea

Split complementary

  1. #ea9808
  2. #08cbea
  3. #2708ea

Analogous

  1. #ea2708
  2. #ea9808
  3. #cbea08

Triadic

  1. #ea9808
  2. #08ea98
  3. #9808ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea9808
  2. #5aea08
  3. #085aea
  4. #9808ea

Square

  1. #ea9808
  2. #08ea27
  3. #085aea
  4. #ea08cb

Monochromatic

  1. #563803
  2. #a06805
  3. #ea9808
  4. #f9b846
  5. #fbd490

Shades

#ea9808 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea9808
  2. #d38907
  3. #bb7a06
  4. #a46a06
  5. #8c5b05
  6. #754c04
  7. #5e3d03
  8. #462e02
  9. #2f1e02
  10. #170f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea9808 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea9808
  2. #eca221
  3. #eead39
  4. #f0b752
  5. #f2c16b
  6. #f5cc84
  7. #f7d69c
  8. #f9e0b5
  9. #fbeace
  10. #fdf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea9808 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea9808
  2. #df9614
  3. #d59320
  4. #ca912c
  5. #c08e38
  6. #b58c44
  7. #aa8a50
  8. #a0875c
  9. #958568
  10. #8b8274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7a387 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b112 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8382 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cc9c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6a80f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f78c66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea9808 {
  color: #ea9808;
}
Background
.bg-ea9808 {
  background-color: #ea9808;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea9808 {
  border: 2px solid #ea9808;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea9808;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 152 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 38 93% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea9808 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea9808, #cbea08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea9808 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 152 8 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.24 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.18 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 3.94 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.35 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.38 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.20 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 6.59 #1567f7 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Gamboge
#ea9808  rgb(234, 152, 8)  hsl(38, 93%, 47%)  Gamboge
#085aea  rgb(8, 90, 234)  hsl(218, 93%, 47%)  Royal Blue
#08ea98  rgb(8, 234, 152)  hsl(158, 93%, 47%)  Medium Spring Green
#9808ea  rgb(152, 8, 234)  hsl(278, 93%, 47%)  Blue Violet