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#ED9121

#ed9121 Carrot Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ed9121 (Carrot Orange) is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 56.86% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 38.82% magenta, 86.08% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 32.94°, with 85% saturation and 52.94% 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 8.67:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.3837

Complementary

  1. #ed9121
  2. #217ded

Split complementary

  1. #ed9121
  2. #21e3ed
  3. #2b21ed

Analogous

  1. #ed2b21
  2. #ed9121
  3. #e3ed21

Triadic

  1. #ed9121
  2. #21ed91
  3. #9121ed

Tetradic

  1. #ed9121
  2. #7ded21
  3. #217ded
  4. #9121ed

Square

  1. #ed9121
  2. #21ed2b
  3. #217ded
  4. #ed21e3

Monochromatic

  1. #6c3f09
  2. #b3690f
  3. #ed9121
  4. #f3b468
  5. #f8d7af

Shades

#ed9121 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed9121
  2. #d5831e
  3. #be741a
  4. #a66617
  5. #8e5714
  6. #774911
  7. #5f3a0d
  8. #472c0a
  9. #2f1d07
  10. #180f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed9121 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed9121
  2. #ef9c37
  3. #f1a74d
  4. #f2b264
  5. #f4bd7a
  6. #f6c890
  7. #f8d3a6
  8. #fadebc
  9. #fbe9d3
  10. #fdf4e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed9121 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed9121
  2. #e28f2b
  3. #d78e34
  4. #cc8c3e
  5. #c18a47
  6. #b78951
  7. #ac875a
  8. #a18564
  9. #96836d
  10. #8b8277
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c79e85 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4af23 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7b7d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca9611 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6a422 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb8564 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed9121 {
  color: #ed9121;
}
Background
.bg-ed9121 {
  background-color: #ed9121;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed9121 {
  border: 2px solid #ed9121;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed9121;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 145 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 33 85% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed9121 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed9121, #e3ed21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed9121 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 145 33 / 0.35);
}

#e48400 Fulvous ΔE 3.54 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.84 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.13 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 4.94 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 5.16 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.19 #126ede Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carrot Orange
#ed9121  rgb(237, 145, 33)  hsl(33, 85%, 53%)  Carrot Orange
#217ded  rgb(33, 125, 237)  hsl(213, 85%, 53%)  Tufts Blue
#21ed91  rgb(33, 237, 145)  hsl(153, 85%, 53%)  Medium Spring Green
#9121ed  rgb(145, 33, 237)  hsl(273, 85%, 53%)  Blue Violet