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#EA8A2F

#ea8a2f ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea8a2f is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 54.12% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.03% magenta, 79.91% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 29.2°, with 81.66% saturation and 55.1% 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 1.39.

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Relative luminance0.3587

Complementary

  1. #ea8a2f
  2. #2f8fea

Split complementary

  1. #ea8a2f
  2. #2feae8
  3. #2f32ea

Analogous

  1. #ea2f32
  2. #ea8a2f
  3. #eae82f

Triadic

  1. #ea8a2f
  2. #2fea8a
  3. #8a2fea

Tetradic

  1. #ea8a2f
  2. #8fea2f
  3. #2f8fea
  4. #8a2fea

Square

  1. #ea8a2f
  2. #32ea2f
  3. #2f8fea
  4. #e82fea

Monochromatic

  1. #743f0c
  2. #ba6413
  3. #ea8a2f
  4. #f1b174
  5. #f8d8ba

Shades

#ea8a2f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea8a2f
  2. #d37c2a
  3. #bb6e26
  4. #a46121
  5. #8c531c
  6. #754518
  7. #5e3713
  8. #46290e
  9. #2f1c09
  10. #170e05
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea8a2f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea8a2f
  2. #ec9644
  3. #eea159
  4. #f0ad6d
  5. #f2b982
  6. #f5c597
  7. #f7d0ac
  8. #f9dcc1
  9. #fbe8d5
  10. #fdf3ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea8a2f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea8a2f
  2. #df8937
  3. #d5883f
  4. #ca8747
  5. #c0864f
  6. #b58558
  7. #aa8460
  8. #a08368
  9. #958270
  10. #8b8178
  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 #c39983 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79420 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #beaa2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff7478 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c59027 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d19e2f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f77e63 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea8a2f {
  color: #ea8a2f;
}
Background
.bg-ea8a2f {
  background-color: #ea8a2f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea8a2f {
  border: 2px solid #ea8a2f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea8a2f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 138 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 29 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea8a2f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea8a2f, #eae82f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea8a2f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 138 47 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 1.39 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 2.99 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 3.74 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 3.74 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 4.40 #cd853f Peru ΔE 5.90 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 5.98 #1575d0 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ea8a2f  rgb(234, 138, 47)  hsl(29, 82%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#2f8fea  rgb(47, 143, 234)  hsl(209, 82%, 55%)  Bleu de France
#2fea8a  rgb(47, 234, 138)  hsl(149, 82%, 55%)  Medium Spring Green
#8a2fea  rgb(138, 47, 234)  hsl(269, 82%, 55%)  Blue Violet