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#FA8A09

#fa8a09 ≈ Dark Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa8a09 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 54.12% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 44.8% magenta, 96.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 32.12°, with 96.02% saturation and 50.78% 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Orange (#ff8c00), ΔE 0.99.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.3852

Complementary

  1. #fa8a09
  2. #0979fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa8a09
  2. #09f1fa
  3. #1109fa

Analogous

  1. #fa1109
  2. #fa8a09
  3. #f1fa09

Triadic

  1. #fa8a09
  2. #09fa8a
  3. #8a09fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa8a09
  2. #79fa09
  3. #0979fa
  4. #8a09fa

Square

  1. #fa8a09
  2. #09fa11
  3. #0979fa
  4. #fa09f1

Monochromatic

  1. #683902
  2. #b36104
  3. #fa8a09
  4. #fcae54
  5. #fdd19f

Shades

#fa8a09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa8a09
  2. #e17c08
  3. #c86e07
  4. #af6106
  5. #965305
  6. #7d4505
  7. #643704
  8. #4b2903
  9. #321c02
  10. #190e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa8a09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa8a09
  2. #fb9622
  3. #fba13a
  4. #fcad53
  5. #fcb96b
  6. #fdc584
  7. #fdd09d
  8. #fedcb5
  9. #fee8ce
  10. #fff3e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa8a09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa8a09
  2. #ee8915
  3. #e28821
  4. #d5872d
  5. #c98639
  6. #bd8545
  7. #b18450
  8. #a5835c
  9. #988268
  10. #8c8174
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cd9c84 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b107 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7076 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d09200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dda308 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff7b5d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa8a09 {
  color: #fa8a09;
}
Background
.bg-fa8a09 {
  background-color: #fa8a09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa8a09 {
  border: 2px solid #fa8a09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa8a09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 138 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 32 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa8a09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa8a09, #f1fa09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa8a09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 138 9 / 0.35);
}

#ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 0.99 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 1.74 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.61 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 3.78 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.38 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 6.28 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 7.02 #0575f6 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Dark Orange
#fa8a09  rgb(250, 138, 9)  hsl(32, 96%, 51%)  Dark Orange
#0979fa  rgb(9, 121, 250)  hsl(212, 96%, 51%)  Brandeis Blue
#09fa8a  rgb(9, 250, 138)  hsl(152, 96%, 51%)  Spring Green
#8a09fa  rgb(138, 9, 250)  hsl(272, 96%, 51%)  Electric Violet