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#FF821B

#ff821b ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ff821b is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 50.98% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 49.02% magenta, 89.41% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 27.11°, with 100% saturation and 55.29% 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 8.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 3.72.

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Relative luminance0.373

Complementary

  1. #ff821b
  2. #1b98ff

Split complementary

  1. #ff821b
  2. #1bfff4
  3. #1b26ff

Analogous

  1. #ff1b26
  2. #ff821b
  3. #fff41b

Triadic

  1. #ff821b
  2. #1bff82
  3. #821bff

Tetradic

  1. #ff821b
  2. #98ff1b
  3. #1b98ff
  4. #821bff

Square

  1. #ff821b
  2. #26ff1b
  3. #1b98ff
  4. #f41bff

Monochromatic

  1. #813a00
  2. #cd5d00
  3. #ff821b
  4. #ffac67
  5. #ffd6b4

Shades

#ff821b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff821b
  2. #e67518
  3. #cc6816
  4. #b35b13
  5. #994e10
  6. #80410e
  7. #66340b
  8. #4d2708
  9. #331a05
  10. #1a0d03
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff821b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff821b
  2. #ff8f32
  3. #ff9b49
  4. #ffa85f
  5. #ffb476
  6. #ffc18d
  7. #ffcda4
  8. #ffdabb
  9. #ffe6d1
  10. #fff3e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff821b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff821b
  2. #f28225
  3. #e6822f
  4. #d98139
  5. #cc8143
  6. #c0814e
  7. #b38158
  8. #a68162
  9. #99806c
  10. #8d8076
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cf9883 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5af17 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6570 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d08c08 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #de9f18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff725a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff821b {
  color: #ff821b;
}
Background
.bg-ff821b {
  background-color: #ff821b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff821b {
  border: 2px solid #ff821b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff821b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 130 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff821b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff821b, #fff41b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff821b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 130 27 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.72 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 3.88 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.49 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.61 #ff8243 Mango Tango ΔE 6.17 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 7.17 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 7.50 #007de4 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ff821b  rgb(255, 130, 27)  hsl(27, 100%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#1b98ff  rgb(27, 152, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 55%)  Dodger Blue
#1bff82  rgb(27, 255, 130)  hsl(147, 100%, 55%)  Spring Green
#821bff  rgb(130, 27, 255)  hsl(267, 100%, 55%)  Electric Violet