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#EE8A30

#ee8a30 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ee8a30 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 54.12% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.02% magenta, 79.83% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 28.42°, with 84.82% saturation and 56.08% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 0.82.

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Relative luminance0.3657

Complementary

  1. #ee8a30
  2. #3094ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee8a30
  2. #30eee9
  3. #3035ee

Analogous

  1. #ee3035
  2. #ee8a30
  3. #eee930

Triadic

  1. #ee8a30
  2. #30ee8a
  3. #8a30ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee8a30
  2. #94ee30
  3. #3094ee
  4. #8a30ee

Square

  1. #ee8a30
  2. #35ee30
  3. #3094ee
  4. #e930ee

Monochromatic

  1. #7b400a
  2. #c26410
  3. #ee8a30
  4. #f4b277
  5. #fadabd

Shades

#ee8a30 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee8a30
  2. #d67c2b
  3. #be6e26
  4. #a76122
  5. #8f531d
  6. #774518
  7. #5f3713
  8. #47290e
  9. #301c0a
  10. #180e05
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee8a30 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee8a30
  2. #f09645
  3. #f1a159
  4. #f3ad6e
  5. #f5b983
  6. #f7c598
  7. #f8d0ac
  8. #fadcc1
  9. #fce8d6
  10. #fdf3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee8a30 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee8a30
  2. #e38938
  3. #d88840
  4. #cd8748
  5. #c28650
  6. #b78558
  7. #ac8460
  8. #a18368
  9. #968270
  10. #8b8178
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c59a84 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89521 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ac30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7478 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c89128 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d49f30 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc7d63 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee8a30 {
  color: #ee8a30;
}
Background
.bg-ee8a30 {
  background-color: #ee8a30;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee8a30 {
  border: 2px solid #ee8a30;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee8a30;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 138 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 85% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee8a30 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee8a30, #eee930);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee8a30 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 138 48 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 0.82 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.05 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.12 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.33 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.47 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 6.36 #cd853f Peru ΔE 6.59 #1175cf Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ee8a30  rgb(238, 138, 48)  hsl(28, 85%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#3094ee  rgb(48, 148, 238)  hsl(208, 85%, 56%)  Dodger Blue
#30ee8a  rgb(48, 238, 138)  hsl(148, 85%, 56%)  Medium Spring Green
#8a30ee  rgb(138, 48, 238)  hsl(268, 85%, 56%)  Blue Violet