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#EE8A37

#ee8a37 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ee8a37 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 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.02% magenta, 76.89% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 27.21°, with 84.33% saturation and 57.45% 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 1.15.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.3663

Complementary

  1. #ee8a37
  2. #379bee

Split complementary

  1. #ee8a37
  2. #37eee5
  3. #3740ee

Analogous

  1. #ee3740
  2. #ee8a37
  3. #eee537

Triadic

  1. #ee8a37
  2. #37ee8a
  3. #8a37ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee8a37
  2. #9bee37
  3. #379bee
  4. #8a37ee

Square

  1. #ee8a37
  2. #40ee37
  3. #379bee
  4. #e537ee

Monochromatic

  1. #81410b
  2. #c86411
  3. #ee8a37
  4. #f4b37e
  5. #fadcc4

Shades

#ee8a37 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee8a37
  2. #d67c32
  3. #be6e2c
  4. #a76127
  5. #8f5321
  6. #77451c
  7. #5f3716
  8. #472911
  9. #301c0b
  10. #180e06
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee8a37 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee8a37
  2. #f0964b
  3. #f1a15f
  4. #f3ad73
  5. #f5b987
  6. #f7c59b
  7. #f8d0af
  8. #fadcc3
  9. #fce8d7
  10. #fdf3eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee8a37 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee8a37
  2. #e3893e
  3. #d88846
  4. #cd874d
  5. #c28654
  6. #b7855c
  7. #ac8463
  8. #a1836a
  9. #968271
  10. #8b8179
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c69a85 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8952b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ac37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7479 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c89130 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d49f37 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc7d65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee8a37 {
  color: #ee8a37;
}
Background
.bg-ee8a37 {
  background-color: #ee8a37;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee8a37 {
  border: 2px solid #ee8a37;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee8a37;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 138 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 84% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee8a37 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee8a37, #eee537);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee8a37 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 138 55 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 1.15 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.05 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.95 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.34 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.47 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 5.77 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 6.53 #1175c8 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ee8a37  rgb(238, 138, 55)  hsl(27, 84%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#379bee  rgb(55, 155, 238)  hsl(207, 84%, 57%)  Dodger Blue
#37ee8a  rgb(55, 238, 138)  hsl(147, 84%, 57%)  Medium Spring Green
#8a37ee  rgb(138, 55, 238)  hsl(267, 84%, 57%)  Blue Violet