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#EE8124

#ee8124 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee8124 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 50.59% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.8% magenta, 84.87% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 27.62°, 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 1.66.

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Relative luminance0.3401

Complementary

  1. #ee8124
  2. #2491ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee8124
  2. #24eee6
  3. #242cee

Analogous

  1. #ee242c
  2. #ee8124
  3. #eee624

Triadic

  1. #ee8124
  2. #24ee81
  3. #8124ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee8124
  2. #91ee24
  3. #2491ee
  4. #8124ee

Square

  1. #ee8124
  2. #2cee24
  3. #2491ee
  4. #e624ee

Monochromatic

  1. #703809
  2. #b75c0e
  3. #ee8124
  4. #f4aa6b
  5. #f9d3b2

Shades

#ee8124 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee8124
  2. #d67420
  3. #be671d
  4. #a75a19
  5. #8f4d16
  6. #774112
  7. #5f340e
  8. #47270b
  9. #301a07
  10. #180d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee8124 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee8124
  2. #f08e3a
  3. #f19a50
  4. #f3a766
  5. #f5b37c
  6. #f7c092
  7. #f8cda7
  8. #fad9bd
  9. #fce6d3
  10. #fdf2e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee8124 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee8124
  2. #e3812d
  3. #d88136
  4. #cd8140
  5. #c28149
  6. #b78152
  7. #ac805b
  8. #a18064
  9. #96806e
  10. #8b8077
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3937f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a18e0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba723 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6970 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c58919 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d29923 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc735b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee8124 {
  color: #ee8124;
}
Background
.bg-ee8124 {
  background-color: #ee8124;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee8124 {
  border: 2px solid #ee8124;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee8124;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 129 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee8124 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee8124, #eee624);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee8124 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 129 36 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 1.66 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.52 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 5.08 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.14 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.16 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 6.32 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.63 #117edb Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ee8124  rgb(238, 129, 36)  hsl(28, 86%, 54%)  Cadmium Orange
#2491ee  rgb(36, 145, 238)  hsl(208, 86%, 54%)  Bleu de France
#24ee81  rgb(36, 238, 129)  hsl(148, 86%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#8124ee  rgb(129, 36, 238)  hsl(268, 86%, 54%)  Blue Violet