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#EA994B

#ea994b ≈ Sandy Brown

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea994b is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 60% green and 29.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 34.62% magenta, 67.95% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 29.43°, with 79.1% saturation and 60.59% 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 9.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sandy Brown (#f4a460), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4078

Complementary

  1. #ea994b
  2. #4b9cea

Split complementary

  1. #ea994b
  2. #4beae8
  3. #4b4dea

Analogous

  1. #ea4b4d
  2. #ea994b
  3. #eae84b

Triadic

  1. #ea994b
  2. #4bea99
  3. #994bea

Tetradic

  1. #ea994b
  2. #9cea4b
  3. #4b9cea
  4. #994bea

Square

  1. #ea994b
  2. #4dea4b
  3. #4b9cea
  4. #e84bea

Monochromatic

  1. #8c4d10
  2. #d07318
  3. #ea994b
  4. #f2c090
  5. #fae7d4

Shades

#ea994b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea994b
  2. #d38a44
  3. #bb7a3c
  4. #a46b35
  5. #8c5c2d
  6. #754d26
  7. #5e3d1e
  8. #462e17
  9. #2f1f0f
  10. #170f08
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea994b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea994b
  2. #eca35d
  3. #eead6f
  4. #f0b881
  5. #f2c293
  6. #f5cca5
  7. #f7d6b7
  8. #f9e0c9
  9. #fbebdb
  10. #fdf5ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea994b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea994b
  2. #df9750
  3. #d59456
  4. #ca925b
  5. #c08f60
  6. #b58d66
  7. #aa8a6b
  8. #a08870
  9. #958575
  10. #8b837b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7a48f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2a043 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b34c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8788 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cb9d46 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5a94c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f78f74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea994b {
  color: #ea994b;
}
Background
.bg-ea994b {
  background-color: #ea994b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea994b {
  border: 2px solid #ea994b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea994b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 153 75;
  --color-primary-hsl: 29 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea994b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea994b, #eae84b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea994b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 153 75 / 0.35);
}

#f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 3.56 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.42 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 4.42 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 5.24 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 5.26 #e5aa70 Fawn ΔE 6.06 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.50 #1566b4 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Sandy Brown
#ea994b  rgb(234, 153, 75)  hsl(29, 79%, 61%)  Sandy Brown
#4b9cea  rgb(75, 156, 234)  hsl(209, 79%, 61%)  Dodger Blue
#4bea99  rgb(75, 234, 153)  hsl(149, 79%, 61%)  Medium Spring Green
#994bea  rgb(153, 75, 234)  hsl(269, 79%, 61%)  Electric Purple