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#EC7900

#ec7900 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec7900 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 47.45% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 100% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 30.76°, with 100% saturation and 46.27% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 3.65.

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Relative luminance0.3151

Complementary

  1. #ec7900
  2. #0073ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7900
  2. #00e9ec
  3. #0300ec

Analogous

  1. #ec0300
  2. #ec7900
  3. #e9ec00

Triadic

  1. #ec7900
  2. #00ec79
  3. #7900ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7900
  2. #73ec00
  3. #0073ec
  4. #7900ec

Square

  1. #ec7900
  2. #00ec03
  3. #0073ec
  4. #ec00e9

Monochromatic

  1. #532b00
  2. #9f5200
  3. #ec7900
  4. #ff9f39
  5. #ffc486

Shades

#ec7900 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7900
  2. #d46d00
  3. #bd6100
  4. #a55500
  5. #8e4900
  6. #763d00
  7. #5e3000
  8. #472400
  9. #2f1800
  10. #180c00
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7900 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7900
  2. #ee861a
  3. #f09433
  4. #f2a14d
  5. #f4af66
  6. #f6bc80
  7. #f7c999
  8. #f9d7b3
  9. #fbe4cc
  10. #fdf2e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7900 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7900
  2. #e17a0d
  3. #d67a1a
  4. #cc7b26
  5. #c17c33
  6. #b67d40
  7. #ab7d4d
  8. #a07e5a
  9. #967f66
  10. #8b7f73
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c08d78 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b8800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a200 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5e67 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c18200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce9400 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa6a51 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7900 {
  color: #ec7900;
}
Background
.bg-ec7900 {
  background-color: #ec7900;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7900 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7900;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7900;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 31 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7900 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7900, #e9ec00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7900 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 0 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.65 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.75 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.92 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 5.43 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 5.89 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 6.32 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.77 #1386ff Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ec7900  rgb(236, 121, 0)  hsl(31, 100%, 46%)  Cadmium Orange
#0073ec  rgb(0, 115, 236)  hsl(211, 100%, 46%)  Brandeis Blue
#00ec79  rgb(0, 236, 121)  hsl(151, 100%, 46%)  Spring Green
#7900ec  rgb(121, 0, 236)  hsl(271, 100%, 46%)  Electric Indigo