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#FA801E

#fa801e ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa801e is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 50.2% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.8% magenta, 88% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 26.73°, with 95.65% saturation and 54.9% 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 3.33.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.3586

Complementary

  1. #fa801e
  2. #1e98fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa801e
  2. #1efaee
  3. #1e2afa

Analogous

  1. #fa1e2a
  2. #fa801e
  3. #faee1e

Triadic

  1. #fa801e
  2. #1efa80
  3. #801efa

Tetradic

  1. #fa801e
  2. #98fa1e
  3. #1e98fa
  4. #801efa

Square

  1. #fa801e
  2. #2afa1e
  3. #1e98fa
  4. #ee1efa

Monochromatic

  1. #7c3903
  2. #c75b04
  3. #fa801e
  4. #fcaa69
  5. #fdd4b4

Shades

#fa801e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa801e
  2. #e1731b
  3. #c86618
  4. #af5a15
  5. #964d12
  6. #7d400f
  7. #64330c
  8. #4b2609
  9. #321a06
  10. #190d03
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa801e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa801e
  2. #fb8d35
  3. #fb994b
  4. #fca662
  5. #fcb378
  6. #fdc08f
  7. #fdcca5
  8. #fed9bc
  9. #fee6d2
  10. #fff2e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa801e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa801e
  2. #ee8028
  3. #e28032
  4. #d5803b
  5. #c98045
  6. #bd804f
  7. #b18059
  8. #a58063
  9. #98806c
  10. #8c8076
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cb9581 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ac1a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff646f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cc8a0f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #da9c1c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7059 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa801e {
  color: #fa801e;
}
Background
.bg-fa801e {
  background-color: #fa801e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa801e {
  border: 2px solid #fa801e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa801e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 128 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa801e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa801e, #faee1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa801e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 128 30 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.33 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 3.45 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.51 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.15 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 5.91 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 6.93 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 7.61 #057fe1 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#fa801e  rgb(250, 128, 30)  hsl(27, 96%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#1e98fa  rgb(30, 152, 250)  hsl(207, 96%, 55%)  Dodger Blue
#1efa80  rgb(30, 250, 128)  hsl(147, 96%, 55%)  Spring Green
#801efa  rgb(128, 30, 250)  hsl(267, 96%, 55%)  Electric Violet