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#EE8917

#ee8917 ≈ Tangerine

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee8917 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 53.73% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.44% magenta, 90.34% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 31.81°, with 86.35% saturation and 51.18% 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 8.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tangerine (#f28500), ΔE 1.43.

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Relative luminance0.3613

Complementary

  1. #ee8917
  2. #177cee

Split complementary

  1. #ee8917
  2. #17e8ee
  3. #1d17ee

Analogous

  1. #ee1d17
  2. #ee8917
  3. #e8ee17

Triadic

  1. #ee8917
  2. #17ee89
  3. #8917ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee8917
  2. #7cee17
  3. #177cee
  4. #8917ee

Square

  1. #ee8917
  2. #17ee1d
  3. #177cee
  4. #ee17e8

Monochromatic

  1. #653907
  2. #ac610d
  3. #ee8917
  4. #f3ad5e
  5. #f8d2a6

Shades

#ee8917 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee8917
  2. #d67b15
  3. #be6e12
  4. #a76010
  5. #8f520e
  6. #77450c
  7. #5f3709
  8. #472907
  9. #301b05
  10. #180e02
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee8917 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee8917
  2. #f0952e
  3. #f1a145
  4. #f3ac5d
  5. #f5b874
  6. #f7c48b
  7. #f8d0a2
  8. #fadcb9
  9. #fce7d1
  10. #fdf3e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee8917 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee8917
  2. #e38822
  3. #d8872c
  4. #cd8637
  5. #c28541
  6. #b7854c
  7. #ac8456
  8. #a18361
  9. #96826b
  10. #8b8176
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c59981 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ab18 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7276 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c89000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d49f17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc7c5e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee8917 {
  color: #ee8917;
}
Background
.bg-ee8917 {
  background-color: #ee8917;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee8917 {
  border: 2px solid #ee8917;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee8917;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 137 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 32 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee8917 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee8917, #e8ee17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee8917 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 137 23 / 0.35);
}

#f28500 Tangerine ΔE 1.43 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 2.43 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 2.58 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 2.96 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 3.06 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 6.67 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 7.02 #1176e8 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Tangerine
#ee8917  rgb(238, 137, 23)  hsl(32, 86%, 51%)  Tangerine
#177cee  rgb(23, 124, 238)  hsl(212, 86%, 51%)  Tufts Blue
#17ee89  rgb(23, 238, 137)  hsl(152, 86%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#8917ee  rgb(137, 23, 238)  hsl(272, 86%, 51%)  Blue Violet