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#EE862D

#ee862d ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee862d is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 52.55% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.7% magenta, 81.09% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 27.67°, with 85.02% saturation and 55.49% 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 0.52.

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Relative luminance0.3542

Complementary

  1. #ee862d
  2. #2d95ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee862d
  2. #2deee7
  3. #2d34ee

Analogous

  1. #ee2d34
  2. #ee862d
  3. #eee72d

Triadic

  1. #ee862d
  2. #2dee86
  3. #862dee

Tetradic

  1. #ee862d
  2. #95ee2d
  3. #2d95ee
  4. #862dee

Square

  1. #ee862d
  2. #34ee2d
  3. #2d95ee
  4. #e72dee

Monochromatic

  1. #783d0a
  2. #bf600f
  3. #ee862d
  4. #f4af74
  5. #f9d8bb

Shades

#ee862d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee862d
  2. #d67929
  3. #be6b24
  4. #a75e20
  5. #8f501b
  6. #774317
  7. #5f3612
  8. #47280e
  9. #301b09
  10. #180d05
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee862d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee862d
  2. #f09242
  3. #f19e57
  4. #f3aa6c
  5. #f5b681
  6. #f7c396
  7. #f8cfab
  8. #fadbc0
  9. #fce7d5
  10. #fdf3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee862d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee862d
  2. #e38535
  3. #d8853e
  4. #cd8446
  5. #c2844e
  6. #b78357
  7. #ac825f
  8. #a18267
  9. #96816f
  10. #8b8178
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c49782 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5921e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beaa2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6f75 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c68d25 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d39d2d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc7960 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee862d {
  color: #ee862d;
}
Background
.bg-ee862d {
  background-color: #ee862d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee862d {
  border: 2px solid #ee862d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee862d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 134 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee862d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee862d, #eee72d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee862d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 134 45 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 0.52 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.34 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.68 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.92 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.43 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 5.95 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.57 #1179d2 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ee862d  rgb(238, 134, 45)  hsl(28, 85%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#2d95ee  rgb(45, 149, 238)  hsl(208, 85%, 55%)  Dodger Blue
#2dee86  rgb(45, 238, 134)  hsl(148, 85%, 55%)  Medium Spring Green
#862dee  rgb(134, 45, 238)  hsl(268, 85%, 55%)  Blue Violet