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#EC8124

#ec8124 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec8124 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 50.59% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.34% magenta, 84.75% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 27.9°, with 84.03% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 1.56.

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Relative luminance0.3366

Complementary

  1. #ec8124
  2. #248fec

Split complementary

  1. #ec8124
  2. #24ece5
  3. #242bec

Analogous

  1. #ec242b
  2. #ec8124
  3. #ece524

Triadic

  1. #ec8124
  2. #24ec81
  3. #8124ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec8124
  2. #8fec24
  3. #248fec
  4. #8124ec

Square

  1. #ec8124
  2. #2bec24
  3. #248fec
  4. #e524ec

Monochromatic

  1. #6d380a
  2. #b45c10
  3. #ec8124
  4. #f2a96a
  5. #f8d2b1

Shades

#ec8124 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec8124
  2. #d47420
  3. #bd671d
  4. #a55a19
  5. #8e4d16
  6. #764112
  7. #5e340e
  8. #47270b
  9. #2f1a07
  10. #180d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec8124 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec8124
  2. #ee8e3a
  3. #f09a50
  4. #f2a766
  5. #f4b37c
  6. #f6c092
  7. #f7cda7
  8. #f9d9bd
  9. #fbe6d3
  10. #fdf2e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec8124 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec8124
  2. #e1812d
  3. #d68136
  4. #cc8140
  5. #c18149
  6. #b68152
  7. #ab805b
  8. #a08064
  9. #96806e
  10. #8b8077
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2937e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a18e0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa623 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6970 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c38919 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d09923 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa735b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec8124 {
  color: #ec8124;
}
Background
.bg-ec8124 {
  background-color: #ec8124;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec8124 {
  border: 2px solid #ec8124;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec8124;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 129 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec8124 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec8124, #ece524);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec8124 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 129 36 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 1.56 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.41 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.82 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.22 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 5.44 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 6.12 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.24 #137edb Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ec8124  rgb(236, 129, 36)  hsl(28, 84%, 53%)  Cadmium Orange
#248fec  rgb(36, 143, 236)  hsl(208, 84%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#24ec81  rgb(36, 236, 129)  hsl(148, 84%, 53%)  Medium Spring Green
#8124ec  rgb(129, 36, 236)  hsl(268, 84%, 53%)  Blue Violet