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#ED951E

#ed951e ≈ Carrot Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ed951e is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 58.43% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.13% magenta, 87.34% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 34.49°, with 85.19% saturation and 52.35% 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 8.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carrot Orange (#ed9121), ΔE 1.73.

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Relative luminance0.3959

Complementary

  1. #ed951e
  2. #1e76ed

Split complementary

  1. #ed951e
  2. #1edeed
  3. #2d1eed

Analogous

  1. #ed2d1e
  2. #ed951e
  3. #deed1e

Triadic

  1. #ed951e
  2. #1eed95
  3. #951eed

Tetradic

  1. #ed951e
  2. #76ed1e
  3. #1e76ed
  4. #951eed

Square

  1. #ed951e
  2. #1eed2d
  3. #1e76ed
  4. #ed1ede

Monochromatic

  1. #6a4008
  2. #b06b0e
  3. #ed951e
  4. #f3b665
  5. #f8d8ac

Shades

#ed951e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed951e
  2. #d5861b
  3. #be7718
  4. #a66815
  5. #8e5912
  6. #774b0f
  7. #5f3c0c
  8. #472d09
  9. #2f1e06
  10. #180f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed951e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed951e
  2. #efa035
  3. #f1aa4b
  4. #f2b562
  5. #f4bf78
  6. #f6ca8f
  7. #f8d5a5
  8. #fadfbc
  9. #fbead2
  10. #fdf4e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed951e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed951e
  2. #e29328
  3. #d79132
  4. #cc8f3b
  5. #c18d45
  6. #b78b4f
  7. #ac8859
  8. #a18663
  9. #96846c
  10. #8b8276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8a187 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b121 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8080 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cc9a09 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7a720 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb8967 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed951e {
  color: #ed951e;
}
Background
.bg-ed951e {
  background-color: #ed951e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed951e {
  border: 2px solid #ed951e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed951e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 149 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 34 85% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed951e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed951e, #deed1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed951e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 149 30 / 0.35);
}

#ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 1.73 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 4.01 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.74 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.75 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 5.08 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.34 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.36 #126ae1 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Carrot Orange
#ed951e  rgb(237, 149, 30)  hsl(34, 85%, 52%)  Carrot Orange
#1e76ed  rgb(30, 118, 237)  hsl(214, 85%, 52%)  Brandeis Blue
#1eed95  rgb(30, 237, 149)  hsl(154, 85%, 52%)  Medium Spring Green
#951eed  rgb(149, 30, 237)  hsl(274, 85%, 52%)  Blue Violet