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#EE8028

#ee8028 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee8028 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 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 46.22% magenta, 83.19% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 26.67°, with 85.34% saturation and 54.51% 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 2.23.

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Relative luminance0.3377

Complementary

  1. #ee8028
  2. #2896ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee8028
  2. #28eee3
  3. #2833ee

Analogous

  1. #ee2833
  2. #ee8028
  3. #eee328

Triadic

  1. #ee8028
  2. #28ee80
  3. #8028ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee8028
  2. #96ee28
  3. #2896ee
  4. #8028ee

Square

  1. #ee8028
  2. #33ee28
  3. #2896ee
  4. #e328ee

Monochromatic

  1. #743909
  2. #bb5b0f
  3. #ee8028
  4. #f4aa6f
  5. #f9d4b6

Shades

#ee8028 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee8028
  2. #d67324
  3. #be6620
  4. #a75a1c
  5. #8f4d18
  6. #774014
  7. #5f3310
  8. #47260c
  9. #301a08
  10. #180d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee8028 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee8028
  2. #f08d3e
  3. #f19953
  4. #f3a669
  5. #f5b37e
  6. #f7c094
  7. #f8cca9
  8. #fad9bf
  9. #fce6d4
  10. #fdf2ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee8028 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee8028
  2. #e38031
  3. #d8803a
  4. #cd8042
  5. #c2804b
  6. #b78054
  7. #ac805d
  8. #a18066
  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 #c3927f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a08e17 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba726 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff676f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4891f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d19927 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc725b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee8028 {
  color: #ee8028;
}
Background
.bg-ee8028 {
  background-color: #ee8028;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee8028 {
  border: 2px solid #ee8028;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee8028;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 128 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee8028 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee8028, #eee328);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee8028 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 128 40 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 2.23 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.34 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 4.49 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.84 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.93 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 6.38 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.81 #117fd7 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ee8028  rgb(238, 128, 40)  hsl(27, 85%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#2896ee  rgb(40, 150, 238)  hsl(207, 85%, 55%)  Dodger Blue
#28ee80  rgb(40, 238, 128)  hsl(147, 85%, 55%)  Spring Green
#8028ee  rgb(128, 40, 238)  hsl(267, 85%, 55%)  Blue Violet