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#EE8D3A

#ee8d3a ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ee8d3a is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 55.29% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40.76% magenta, 75.63% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 27.67°, with 84.11% saturation and 58.04% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 1.65.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.3753

Complementary

  1. #ee8d3a
  2. #3a9bee

Split complementary

  1. #ee8d3a
  2. #3aeee7
  3. #3a41ee

Analogous

  1. #ee3a41
  2. #ee8d3a
  3. #eee73a

Triadic

  1. #ee8d3a
  2. #3aee8d
  3. #8d3aee

Tetradic

  1. #ee8d3a
  2. #9bee3a
  3. #3a9bee
  4. #8d3aee

Square

  1. #ee8d3a
  2. #41ee3a
  3. #3a9bee
  4. #e73aee

Monochromatic

  1. #84430b
  2. #ca6711
  3. #ee8d3a
  4. #f4b680
  5. #fadfc7

Shades

#ee8d3a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee8d3a
  2. #d67f34
  3. #be712e
  4. #a76329
  5. #8f5523
  6. #77471d
  7. #5f3817
  8. #472a11
  9. #301c0c
  10. #180e06
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee8d3a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee8d3a
  2. #f0984e
  3. #f1a461
  4. #f3af75
  5. #f5bb89
  6. #f7c69d
  7. #f8d1b0
  8. #faddc4
  9. #fce8d8
  10. #fdf4eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee8d3a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee8d3a
  2. #e38c41
  3. #d88a48
  4. #cd894f
  5. #c28856
  6. #b7875d
  7. #ac8564
  8. #a1846b
  9. #968372
  10. #8b8179
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c69c87 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa972f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ae3a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff787c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c99334 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5a23a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc8168 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee8d3a {
  color: #ee8d3a;
}
Background
.bg-ee8d3a {
  background-color: #ee8d3a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee8d3a {
  border: 2px solid #ee8d3a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee8d3a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 141 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 84% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee8d3a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee8d3a, #eee73a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee8d3a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 141 58 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 1.65 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.11 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.75 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.77 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.38 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 5.57 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 6.12 #1172c5 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ee8d3a  rgb(238, 141, 58)  hsl(28, 84%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#3a9bee  rgb(58, 155, 238)  hsl(208, 84%, 58%)  Dodger Blue
#3aee8d  rgb(58, 238, 141)  hsl(148, 84%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green
#8d3aee  rgb(141, 58, 238)  hsl(268, 84%, 58%)  Blue Violet