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#EE8024

#ee8024 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee8024 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 50.2% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 46.22% magenta, 84.87% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 27.33°, with 85.59% saturation and 53.73% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 1.98.

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Relative luminance0.3374

Complementary

  1. #ee8024
  2. #2492ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee8024
  2. #24eee5
  3. #242dee

Analogous

  1. #ee242d
  2. #ee8024
  3. #eee524

Triadic

  1. #ee8024
  2. #24ee80
  3. #8024ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee8024
  2. #92ee24
  3. #2492ee
  4. #8024ee

Square

  1. #ee8024
  2. #2dee24
  3. #2492ee
  4. #e524ee

Monochromatic

  1. #703809
  2. #b75b0e
  3. #ee8024
  4. #f4a96b
  5. #f9d2b2

Shades

#ee8024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee8024
  2. #d67320
  3. #be661d
  4. #a75a19
  5. #8f4d16
  6. #774012
  7. #5f330e
  8. #47260b
  9. #301a07
  10. #180d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee8024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee8024
  2. #f08d3a
  3. #f19950
  4. #f3a666
  5. #f5b37c
  6. #f7c092
  7. #f8cca7
  8. #fad9bd
  9. #fce6d3
  10. #fdf2e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee8024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee8024
  2. #e3802d
  3. #d88036
  4. #cd8040
  5. #c28049
  6. #b78052
  7. #ac805b
  8. #a18064
  9. #96806e
  10. #8b8077
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3927e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a08e0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba722 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff676f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c48819 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d19923 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc725a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee8024 {
  color: #ee8024;
}
Background
.bg-ee8024 {
  background-color: #ee8024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee8024 {
  border: 2px solid #ee8024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee8024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 128 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee8024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee8024, #eee524);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee8024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 128 36 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 1.98 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.83 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 4.78 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.44 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.45 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 6.68 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.70 #117fdb Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ee8024  rgb(238, 128, 36)  hsl(27, 86%, 54%)  Cadmium Orange
#2492ee  rgb(36, 146, 238)  hsl(207, 86%, 54%)  Dodger Blue
#24ee80  rgb(36, 238, 128)  hsl(147, 86%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#8024ee  rgb(128, 36, 238)  hsl(267, 86%, 54%)  Blue Violet