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#ED8A33

#ed8a33 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ed8a33 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 54.12% green and 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.77% magenta, 78.48% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 28.06°, with 83.78% 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 8.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 0.8.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.3642

Complementary

  1. #ed8a33
  2. #3396ed

Split complementary

  1. #ed8a33
  2. #33ede7
  3. #3339ed

Analogous

  1. #ed3339
  2. #ed8a33
  3. #ede733

Triadic

  1. #ed8a33
  2. #33ed8a
  3. #8a33ed

Tetradic

  1. #ed8a33
  2. #96ed33
  3. #3396ed
  4. #8a33ed

Square

  1. #ed8a33
  2. #39ed33
  3. #3396ed
  4. #e733ed

Monochromatic

  1. #7c400b
  2. #c26411
  3. #ed8a33
  4. #f3b279
  5. #f9dbc0

Shades

#ed8a33 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed8a33
  2. #d57c2e
  3. #be6e29
  4. #a66124
  5. #8e531f
  6. #77451a
  7. #5f3714
  8. #47290f
  9. #2f1c0a
  10. #180e05
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed8a33 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed8a33
  2. #ef9647
  3. #f1a15c
  4. #f2ad70
  5. #f4b985
  6. #f6c599
  7. #f8d0ad
  8. #fadcc2
  9. #fbe8d6
  10. #fdf3eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed8a33 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed8a33
  2. #e2893b
  3. #d78842
  4. #cc874a
  5. #c18652
  6. #b7855a
  7. #ac8461
  8. #a18369
  9. #968271
  10. #8b8178
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c59984 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89526 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfab33 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7479 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7912c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d39f33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb7d64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed8a33 {
  color: #ed8a33;
}
Background
.bg-ed8a33 {
  background-color: #ed8a33;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed8a33 {
  border: 2px solid #ed8a33;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed8a33;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 138 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 84% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed8a33 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed8a33, #ede733);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed8a33 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 138 51 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 0.80 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.42 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.50 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.62 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.73 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 6.01 #cd853f Peru ΔE 6.38 #1275cc Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ed8a33  rgb(237, 138, 51)  hsl(28, 84%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#3396ed  rgb(51, 150, 237)  hsl(208, 84%, 56%)  Dodger Blue
#33ed8a  rgb(51, 237, 138)  hsl(148, 84%, 56%)  Medium Spring Green
#8a33ed  rgb(138, 51, 237)  hsl(268, 84%, 56%)  Blue Violet