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#FA9740

#fa9740 ≈ Neon Carrot

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa9740 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 59.22% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 39.6% magenta, 74.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 28.06°, with 94.9% saturation and 61.57% 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 9.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Neon Carrot (#ffa343), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.4283

Complementary

  1. #fa9740
  2. #40a3fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa9740
  2. #40faf4
  3. #4046fa

Analogous

  1. #fa4046
  2. #fa9740
  3. #faf440

Triadic

  1. #fa9740
  2. #40fa97
  3. #9740fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa9740
  2. #a3fa40
  3. #40a3fa
  4. #9740fa

Square

  1. #fa9740
  2. #46fa40
  3. #40a3fa
  4. #f440fa

Monochromatic

  1. #9d4c04
  2. #e76f06
  3. #fa9740
  4. #fcc08b
  5. #fee8d5

Shades

#fa9740 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa9740
  2. #e1883a
  3. #c87933
  4. #af6a2d
  5. #965b26
  6. #7d4c20
  7. #643c1a
  8. #4b2d13
  9. #321e0d
  10. #190f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa9740 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa9740
  2. #fba153
  3. #fbac66
  4. #fcb679
  5. #fcc18c
  6. #fdcba0
  7. #fdd5b3
  8. #fee0c6
  9. #feead9
  10. #fff5ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa9740 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa9740
  2. #ee9546
  3. #e2924d
  4. #d59053
  5. #c98e5a
  6. #bd8c60
  7. #b18966
  8. #a5876d
  9. #988573
  10. #8c827a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1a690 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a135 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb840 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8185 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d49d3a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0ac40 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff8b70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa9740 {
  color: #fa9740;
}
Background
.bg-fa9740 {
  background-color: #fa9740;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa9740 {
  border: 2px solid #fa9740;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa9740;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 151 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa9740 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa9740, #faf440);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa9740 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 151 64 / 0.35);
}

#ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 3.81 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 4.26 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.32 #f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 4.44 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 4.78 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 5.31 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 6.98 #0568bf Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Neon Carrot
#fa9740  rgb(250, 151, 64)  hsl(28, 95%, 62%)  Neon Carrot
#40a3fa  rgb(64, 163, 250)  hsl(208, 95%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#40fa97  rgb(64, 250, 151)  hsl(148, 95%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green
#9740fa  rgb(151, 64, 250)  hsl(268, 95%, 62%)  Vivid Violet