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#EC7914

#ec7914 ≈ Cadmium Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec7914 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 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 91.53% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 28.06°, with 85.04% saturation and 50.2% 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 7.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadmium Orange (#ed872d), ΔE 3.6.

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Relative luminance0.3156

Complementary

  1. #ec7914
  2. #1487ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec7914
  2. #14ece5
  3. #141bec

Analogous

  1. #ec141b
  2. #ec7914
  3. #ece514

Triadic

  1. #ec7914
  2. #14ec79
  3. #7914ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec7914
  2. #87ec14
  3. #1487ec
  4. #7914ec

Square

  1. #ec7914
  2. #1bec14
  3. #1487ec
  4. #e514ec

Monochromatic

  1. #5f3108
  2. #a6550d
  3. #ec7914
  4. #f2a15b
  5. #f7caa2

Shades

#ec7914 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec7914
  2. #d46d12
  3. #bd6110
  4. #a5550e
  5. #8e490c
  6. #763d0a
  7. #5e3008
  8. #472406
  9. #2f1804
  10. #180c02
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec7914 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec7914
  2. #ee862c
  3. #f09443
  4. #f2a15b
  5. #f4af72
  6. #f6bc8a
  7. #f7c9a1
  8. #f9d7b9
  9. #fbe4d0
  10. #fdf2e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec7914 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec7914
  2. #e17a1f
  3. #d67a2a
  4. #cc7b34
  5. #c17c3f
  6. #b67d4a
  7. #ab7d55
  8. #a07e60
  9. #967f6a
  10. #8b7f75
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c08d79 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b8800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a310 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5f68 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c18200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce9412 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa6a53 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec7914 {
  color: #ec7914;
}
Background
.bg-ec7914 {
  background-color: #ec7914;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec7914 {
  border: 2px solid #ec7914;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec7914;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 121 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 28 85% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec7914 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec7914, #ece514);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec7914 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 121 20 / 0.35);
}

#ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 3.60 #ff7518 Pumpkin ΔE 4.49 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 4.58 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 5.86 #cc7722 Ochre ΔE 6.43 #ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 6.50 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 6.81 #1386eb Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cadmium Orange
#ec7914  rgb(236, 121, 20)  hsl(28, 85%, 50%)  Cadmium Orange
#1487ec  rgb(20, 135, 236)  hsl(208, 85%, 50%)  Bleu de France
#14ec79  rgb(20, 236, 121)  hsl(148, 85%, 50%)  Spring Green
#7914ec  rgb(121, 20, 236)  hsl(268, 85%, 50%)  Electric Indigo