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#EC9934

#ec9934 ≈ Carrot Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ec9934 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 60% green and 20.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.17% magenta, 77.97% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 32.93°, with 82.88% saturation and 56.47% 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 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carrot Orange (#ed9121), ΔE 2.38.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4086

Complementary

  1. #ec9934
  2. #3487ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec9934
  2. #34e3ec
  3. #3d34ec

Analogous

  1. #ec3d34
  2. #ec9934
  3. #e3ec34

Triadic

  1. #ec9934
  2. #34ec99
  3. #9934ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec9934
  2. #87ec34
  3. #3487ec
  4. #9934ec

Square

  1. #ec9934
  2. #34ec3d
  3. #3487ec
  4. #ec34e3

Monochromatic

  1. #7b490c
  2. #c17212
  3. #ec9934
  4. #f3bc7a
  5. #f9dfc0

Shades

#ec9934 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec9934
  2. #d48a2f
  3. #bd7a2a
  4. #a56b24
  5. #8e5c1f
  6. #764d1a
  7. #5e3d15
  8. #472e10
  9. #2f1f0a
  10. #180f05
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec9934 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec9934
  2. #eea348
  3. #f0ad5d
  4. #f2b871
  5. #f4c285
  6. #f6cc9a
  7. #f7d6ae
  8. #f9e0c2
  9. #fbebd6
  10. #fdf5eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec9934 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec9934
  2. #e1973c
  3. #d69443
  4. #cc924b
  5. #c18f52
  6. #b68d5a
  7. #ab8a62
  8. #a08869
  9. #968571
  10. #8b8378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8a48b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a024 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b336 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8585 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cd9d2b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7a935 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f98e6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec9934 {
  color: #ec9934;
}
Background
.bg-ec9934 {
  background-color: #ec9934;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec9934 {
  border: 2px solid #ec9934;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec9934;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 153 52;
  --color-primary-hsl: 33 83% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec9934 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec9934, #e3ec34);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec9934 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 153 52 / 0.35);
}

#ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 2.38 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 4.06 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 4.67 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.24 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.44 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.66 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 5.67 #1366cb Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Carrot Orange
#ec9934  rgb(236, 153, 52)  hsl(33, 83%, 56%)  Carrot Orange
#3487ec  rgb(52, 135, 236)  hsl(213, 83%, 56%)  Bleu de France
#34ec99  rgb(52, 236, 153)  hsl(153, 83%, 56%)  Medium Spring Green
#9934ec  rgb(153, 52, 236)  hsl(273, 83%, 56%)  Vivid Violet