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#EC8631

#ec8631 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ec8631 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 52.55% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.22% magenta, 79.24% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 27.27°, with 83.11% saturation and 55.88% 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 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 0.83.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.351

Complementary

  1. #ec8631
  2. #3197ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec8631
  2. #31ece3
  3. #3139ec

Analogous

  1. #ec3139
  2. #ec8631
  3. #ece331

Triadic

  1. #ec8631
  2. #31ec86
  3. #8631ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec8631
  2. #97ec31
  3. #3197ec
  4. #8631ec

Square

  1. #ec8631
  2. #39ec31
  3. #3197ec
  4. #e331ec

Monochromatic

  1. #793d0b
  2. #bf6012
  3. #ec8631
  4. #f2af77
  5. #f9d8bd

Shades

#ec8631 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec8631
  2. #d4792c
  3. #bd6b27
  4. #a55e22
  5. #8e501d
  6. #764319
  7. #5e3614
  8. #47280f
  9. #2f1b0a
  10. #180d05
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec8631 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec8631
  2. #ee9246
  3. #f09e5a
  4. #f2aa6f
  5. #f4b683
  6. #f6c398
  7. #f7cfad
  8. #f9dbc1
  9. #fbe7d6
  10. #fdf3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec8631 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec8631
  2. #e18539
  3. #d68541
  4. #cc8449
  5. #c18451
  6. #b68359
  7. #ab8260
  8. #a08268
  9. #968170
  10. #8b8178
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c39682 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49224 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bda930 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7075 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c58d2a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d19c31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa7961 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec8631 {
  color: #ec8631;
}
Background
.bg-ec8631 {
  background-color: #ec8631;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec8631 {
  border: 2px solid #ec8631;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec8631;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 134 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 83% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec8631 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec8631, #ece331);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec8631 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 134 49 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 0.83 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.83 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.17 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.20 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.71 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 5.99 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 6.12 #1379ce Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ec8631  rgb(236, 134, 49)  hsl(27, 83%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#3197ec  rgb(49, 151, 236)  hsl(207, 83%, 56%)  Dodger Blue
#31ec86  rgb(49, 236, 134)  hsl(147, 83%, 56%)  Medium Spring Green
#8631ec  rgb(134, 49, 236)  hsl(267, 83%, 56%)  Blue Violet