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#EE8528

#ee8528 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee8528 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 52.16% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 44.12% magenta, 83.19% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 28.18°, 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 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 0.6.

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Relative luminance0.3511

Complementary

  1. #ee8528
  2. #2891ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee8528
  2. #28eee8
  3. #282eee

Analogous

  1. #ee282e
  2. #ee8528
  3. #eee828

Triadic

  1. #ee8528
  2. #28ee85
  3. #8528ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee8528
  2. #91ee28
  3. #2891ee
  4. #8528ee

Square

  1. #ee8528
  2. #2eee28
  3. #2891ee
  4. #e828ee

Monochromatic

  1. #743b09
  2. #bb600f
  3. #ee8528
  4. #f4ad6f
  5. #f9d5b6

Shades

#ee8528 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee8528
  2. #d67824
  3. #be6a20
  4. #a75d1c
  5. #8f5018
  6. #774314
  7. #5f3510
  8. #47280c
  9. #301b08
  10. #180d04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee8528 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee8528
  2. #f0913e
  3. #f19d53
  4. #f3aa69
  5. #f5b67e
  6. #f7c294
  7. #f8cea9
  8. #fadabf
  9. #fce7d4
  10. #fdf3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee8528 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee8528
  2. #e38531
  3. #d8843a
  4. #cd8442
  5. #c2834b
  6. #b78354
  7. #ac825d
  8. #a18266
  9. #96816e
  10. #8b8177
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c49681 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49115 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bda927 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6d73 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c68d1e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d39c28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc785e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee8528 {
  color: #ee8528;
}
Background
.bg-ee8528 {
  background-color: #ee8528;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee8528 {
  border: 2px solid #ee8528;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee8528;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 133 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee8528 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee8528, #eee828);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee8528 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 133 40 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 0.60 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 2.89 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.43 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.53 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.24 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 6.03 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.52 #117ad7 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ee8528  rgb(238, 133, 40)  hsl(28, 85%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#2891ee  rgb(40, 145, 238)  hsl(208, 85%, 55%)  Bleu de France
#28ee85  rgb(40, 238, 133)  hsl(148, 85%, 55%)  Medium Spring Green
#8528ee  rgb(133, 40, 238)  hsl(268, 85%, 55%)  Blue Violet