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#ED862F

#ed862f ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ed862f is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 52.55% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.46% magenta, 80.17% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 27.47°, with 84.07% saturation and 55.69% 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 0.63.

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Relative luminance0.3526

Complementary

  1. #ed862f
  2. #2f96ed

Split complementary

  1. #ed862f
  2. #2fede5
  3. #2f37ed

Analogous

  1. #ed2f37
  2. #ed862f
  3. #ede52f

Triadic

  1. #ed862f
  2. #2fed86
  3. #862fed

Tetradic

  1. #ed862f
  2. #96ed2f
  3. #2f96ed
  4. #862fed

Square

  1. #ed862f
  2. #37ed2f
  3. #2f96ed
  4. #e52fed

Monochromatic

  1. #793d0a
  2. #bf6011
  3. #ed862f
  4. #f3af75
  5. #f9d8bc

Shades

#ed862f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed862f
  2. #d5792a
  3. #be6b26
  4. #a65e21
  5. #8e501c
  6. #774318
  7. #5f3613
  8. #47280e
  9. #2f1b09
  10. #180d05
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed862f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed862f
  2. #ef9244
  3. #f19e59
  4. #f2aa6d
  5. #f4b682
  6. #f6c397
  7. #f8cfac
  8. #fadbc1
  9. #fbe7d5
  10. #fdf3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed862f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed862f
  2. #e28537
  3. #d7853f
  4. #cc8447
  5. #c1844f
  6. #b78358
  7. #ac8260
  8. #a18268
  9. #968170
  10. #8b8178
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c49682 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a59221 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bda92e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6f75 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c68d27 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d29c2f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb7960 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed862f {
  color: #ed862f;
}
Background
.bg-ed862f {
  background-color: #ed862f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed862f {
  border: 2px solid #ed862f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed862f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 134 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 84% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed862f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed862f, #ede52f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed862f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 134 47 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 0.63 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.58 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.93 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.04 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.56 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 5.96 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 6.36 #1279d0 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ed862f  rgb(237, 134, 47)  hsl(27, 84%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#2f96ed  rgb(47, 150, 237)  hsl(207, 84%, 56%)  Dodger Blue
#2fed86  rgb(47, 237, 134)  hsl(147, 84%, 56%)  Medium Spring Green
#862fed  rgb(134, 47, 237)  hsl(267, 84%, 56%)  Blue Violet