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#EA970C

#ea970c ≈ Gamboge

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea970c is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 59.22% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.47% magenta, 94.87% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 37.57°, with 90.24% saturation and 48.24% 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 8.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 2.65.

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Relative luminance0.3965

Complementary

  1. #ea970c
  2. #0c5fea

Split complementary

  1. #ea970c
  2. #0cceea
  3. #280cea

Analogous

  1. #ea280c
  2. #ea970c
  3. #ceea0c

Triadic

  1. #ea970c
  2. #0cea97
  3. #970cea

Tetradic

  1. #ea970c
  2. #5fea0c
  3. #0c5fea
  4. #970cea

Square

  1. #ea970c
  2. #0cea28
  3. #0c5fea
  4. #ea0cce

Monochromatic

  1. #583905
  2. #a16808
  3. #ea970c
  4. #f6b74d
  5. #fad495

Shades

#ea970c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea970c
  2. #d3880b
  3. #bb790a
  4. #a46a08
  5. #8c5b07
  6. #754c06
  7. #5e3c05
  8. #462d04
  9. #2f1e02
  10. #170f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea970c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea970c
  2. #eca124
  3. #eeac3d
  4. #f0b655
  5. #f2c16d
  6. #f5cb86
  7. #f7d59e
  8. #f9e0b6
  9. #fbeace
  10. #fdf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea970c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea970c
  2. #df9518
  3. #d59223
  4. #ca902f
  5. #c08e3a
  6. #b58c46
  7. #aa8952
  8. #a0875d
  9. #958569
  10. #8b8274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6a286 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b114 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8281 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cb9b00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6a711 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f78b66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea970c {
  color: #ea970c;
}
Background
.bg-ea970c {
  background-color: #ea970c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea970c {
  border: 2px solid #ea970c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea970c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 151 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 38 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea970c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea970c, #ceea0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea970c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 151 12 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.65 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.59 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 3.89 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 3.93 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.56 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 6.14 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.29 #1568f3 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Gamboge
#ea970c  rgb(234, 151, 12)  hsl(38, 90%, 48%)  Gamboge
#0c5fea  rgb(12, 95, 234)  hsl(218, 90%, 48%)  Royal Blue
#0cea97  rgb(12, 234, 151)  hsl(158, 90%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#970cea  rgb(151, 12, 234)  hsl(278, 90%, 48%)  Blue Violet