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#EC7916

#ec7916 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec7916 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 47.45% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 90.68% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 27.76°, with 84.92% saturation and 50.59% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 3.62.

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Relative luminance0.3157

Complementary

  1. #ec7916
  2. #1689ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7916
  2. #16ece4
  3. #161eec

Analogous

  1. #ec161e
  2. #ec7916
  3. #ece416

Triadic

  1. #ec7916
  2. #16ec79
  3. #7916ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7916
  2. #89ec16
  3. #1689ec
  4. #7916ec

Square

  1. #ec7916
  2. #1eec16
  3. #1689ec
  4. #e416ec

Monochromatic

  1. #613108
  2. #a8550e
  3. #ec7916
  4. #f2a25d
  5. #f8caa3

Shades

#ec7916 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7916
  2. #d46d14
  3. #bd6112
  4. #a5550f
  5. #8e490d
  6. #763d0b
  7. #5e3009
  8. #472407
  9. #2f1804
  10. #180c02
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7916 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7916
  2. #ee862d
  3. #f09445
  4. #f2a15c
  5. #f4af73
  6. #f6bc8b
  7. #f7c9a2
  8. #f9d7b9
  9. #fbe4d0
  10. #fdf2e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7916 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7916
  2. #e17a21
  3. #d67a2b
  4. #cc7b36
  5. #c17c40
  6. #b67d4b
  7. #ab7d56
  8. #a07e60
  9. #967f6b
  10. #8b7f75
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c08d79 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b8800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a312 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5f68 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c18203 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce9414 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa6a53 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7916 {
  color: #ec7916;
}
Background
.bg-ec7916 {
  background-color: #ec7916;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7916 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7916;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7916;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 85% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7916 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7916, #ece416);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7916 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 22 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.62 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 4.38 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.72 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 6.01 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 6.46 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 6.61 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.84 #1386e9 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ec7916  rgb(236, 121, 22)  hsl(28, 85%, 51%)  Cadmium Orange
#1689ec  rgb(22, 137, 236)  hsl(208, 85%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#16ec79  rgb(22, 236, 121)  hsl(148, 85%, 51%)  Spring Green
#7916ec  rgb(121, 22, 236)  hsl(268, 85%, 51%)  Electric Indigo