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#F37C16

#f37c16 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f37c16 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.29% red, 48.63% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.97% magenta, 90.95% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 27.69°, with 90.2% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 3.2.

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Relative luminance0.3353

Complementary

  1. #f37c16
  2. #168df3

Split complementary

  1. #f37c16
  2. #16f3ea
  3. #161ff3

Analogous

  1. #f3161f
  2. #f37c16
  3. #f3ea16

Triadic

  1. #f37c16
  2. #16f37c
  3. #7c16f3

Tetradic

  1. #f37c16
  2. #8df316
  3. #168df3
  4. #7c16f3

Square

  1. #f37c16
  2. #1ff316
  3. #168df3
  4. #ea16f3

Monochromatic

  1. #6b3405
  2. #b35809
  3. #f37c16
  4. #f7a55f
  5. #facea8

Shades

#f37c16 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f37c16
  2. #db7014
  3. #c26312
  4. #aa570f
  5. #924a0d
  6. #7a3e0b
  7. #613209
  8. #492507
  9. #311904
  10. #180c02
  11. #000000

Tints

#f37c16 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f37c16
  2. #f4892d
  3. #f59645
  4. #f7a35c
  5. #f8b073
  6. #f9be8b
  7. #facba2
  8. #fbd8b9
  9. #fde5d0
  10. #fef2e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f37c16 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f37c16
  2. #e87c21
  3. #dc7d2b
  4. #d17d36
  5. #c57e40
  6. #ba7e4b
  7. #ae7e56
  8. #a37f60
  9. #977f6b
  10. #8c8075
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5917d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f8c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bca712 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff616b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c68601 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d49813 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff6d55 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f37c16 {
  color: #f37c16;
}
Background
.bg-f37c16 {
  background-color: #f37c16;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f37c16 {
  border: 2px solid #f37c16;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f37c16;
  --color-primary-rgb: 243 124 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 90% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f37c16 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f37c16, #f3ea16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f37c16 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(243 124 22 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.20 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 3.80 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.20 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.61 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 6.15 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 6.78 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 7.56 #0c83e9 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#f37c16  rgb(243, 124, 22)  hsl(28, 90%, 52%)  Cadmium Orange
#168df3  rgb(22, 141, 243)  hsl(208, 90%, 52%)  Bleu de France
#16f37c  rgb(22, 243, 124)  hsl(148, 90%, 52%)  Spring Green
#7c16f3  rgb(124, 22, 243)  hsl(268, 90%, 52%)  Electric Indigo