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#EA984E

#ea984e ≈ Sandy Brown

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea984e is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 59.61% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.04% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 28.46°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sandy Brown (#f4a460), ΔE 3.35.

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Relative luminance0.405

Complementary

  1. #ea984e
  2. #4ea0ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea984e
  2. #4eeae6
  3. #4e52ea

Analogous

  1. #ea4e52
  2. #ea984e
  3. #eae64e

Triadic

  1. #ea984e
  2. #4eea98
  3. #984eea

Tetradic

  1. #ea984e
  2. #a0ea4e
  3. #4ea0ea
  4. #984eea

Square

  1. #ea984e
  2. #52ea4e
  3. #4ea0ea
  4. #e64eea

Monochromatic

  1. #8e4c11
  2. #d37119
  3. #ea984e
  4. #f2c092
  5. #fae8d7

Shades

#ea984e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea984e
  2. #d38946
  3. #bb7a3e
  4. #a46a37
  5. #8c5b2f
  6. #754c27
  7. #5e3d1f
  8. #462e17
  9. #2f1e10
  10. #170f08
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea984e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea984e
  2. #eca260
  3. #eead71
  4. #f0b783
  5. #f2c195
  6. #f5cca7
  7. #f7d6b8
  8. #f9e0ca
  9. #fbeadc
  10. #fdf5ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea984e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea984e
  2. #df9653
  3. #d59358
  4. #ca915d
  5. #c08e62
  6. #b58c67
  7. #aa8a6c
  8. #a08771
  9. #958576
  10. #8b827b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7a38f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19f46 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4b24f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fe8687 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca9c4a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5a84e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f78e75 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea984e {
  color: #ea984e;
}
Background
.bg-ea984e {
  background-color: #ea984e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea984e {
  border: 2px solid #ea984e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea984e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 152 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea984e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea984e, #eae64e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea984e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 152 78 / 0.35);
}

#f4a460 Sandy Brown ΔE 3.35 #d99058 Persian Orange ΔE 4.57 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 4.94 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 4.96 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 5.05 #e5aa70 Fawn ΔE 6.13 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 6.67 #1567b1 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Sandy Brown
#ea984e  rgb(234, 152, 78)  hsl(28, 79%, 61%)  Sandy Brown
#4ea0ea  rgb(78, 160, 234)  hsl(208, 79%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#4eea98  rgb(78, 234, 152)  hsl(148, 79%, 61%)  Medium Spring Green
#984eea  rgb(152, 78, 234)  hsl(268, 79%, 61%)  Electric Purple