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#EC8629

#ec8629 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec8629 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 52.55% green and 16.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.22% magenta, 82.63% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 28.62°, with 83.69% saturation and 54.31% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 0.5.

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Relative luminance0.3504

Complementary

  1. #ec8629
  2. #298fec

Split complementary

  1. #ec8629
  2. #29ece8
  3. #292dec

Analogous

  1. #ec292d
  2. #ec8629
  3. #ece829

Triadic

  1. #ec8629
  2. #29ec86
  3. #8629ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec8629
  2. #8fec29
  3. #298fec
  4. #8629ec

Square

  1. #ec8629
  2. #2dec29
  3. #298fec
  4. #e829ec

Monochromatic

  1. #723c0a
  2. #b86010
  3. #ec8629
  4. #f2ae6f
  5. #f8d5b6

Shades

#ec8629 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec8629
  2. #d47925
  3. #bd6b21
  4. #a55e1d
  5. #8e5019
  6. #764315
  7. #5e3610
  8. #47280c
  9. #2f1b08
  10. #180d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec8629 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec8629
  2. #ee923e
  3. #f09e54
  4. #f2aa69
  5. #f4b67f
  6. #f6c394
  7. #f7cfa9
  8. #f9dbbf
  9. #fbe7d4
  10. #fdf3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec8629 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec8629
  2. #e18532
  3. #d6853a
  4. #cc8443
  5. #c1844c
  6. #b68355
  7. #ab825d
  8. #a08266
  9. #96816f
  10. #8b8177
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c39681 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a59217 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bda929 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6f74 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c58d1f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d19c29 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa795f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec8629 {
  color: #ec8629;
}
Background
.bg-ec8629 {
  background-color: #ec8629;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec8629 {
  border: 2px solid #ec8629;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec8629;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 134 41;
  --color-primary-hsl: 29 84% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec8629 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec8629, #ece829);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec8629 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 134 41 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 0.50 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 2.73 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.06 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.40 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.75 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.16 #cd853f Peru ΔE 6.39 #1379d6 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ec8629  rgb(236, 134, 41)  hsl(29, 84%, 54%)  Cadmium Orange
#298fec  rgb(41, 143, 236)  hsl(209, 84%, 54%)  Bleu de France
#29ec86  rgb(41, 236, 134)  hsl(149, 84%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#8629ec  rgb(134, 41, 236)  hsl(269, 84%, 54%)  Blue Violet