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#F9900A

#f9900a ≈ Dark Orange

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f9900a is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 97.65% red, 56.47% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 42.17% magenta, 95.98% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 33.64°, with 95.22% saturation and 50.78% 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 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Orange (#ff8c00), ΔE 2.02.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4011

Complementary

  1. #f9900a
  2. #0a73f9

Split complementary

  1. #f9900a
  2. #0aeaf9
  3. #180af9

Analogous

  1. #f9180a
  2. #f9900a
  3. #eaf90a

Triadic

  1. #f9900a
  2. #0af990
  3. #900af9

Tetradic

  1. #f9900a
  2. #73f90a
  3. #0a73f9
  4. #900af9

Square

  1. #f9900a
  2. #0af918
  3. #0a73f9
  4. #f90aea

Monochromatic

  1. #673b03
  2. #b26604
  3. #f9900a
  4. #fbb255
  5. #fdd49f

Shades

#f9900a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f9900a
  2. #e08209
  3. #c77308
  4. #ae6507
  5. #955606
  6. #7d4805
  7. #643a04
  8. #4b2b03
  9. #321d02
  10. #190e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#f9900a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f9900a
  2. #fa9b23
  3. #faa63b
  4. #fbb154
  5. #fbbc6c
  6. #fcc885
  7. #fdd39d
  8. #fddeb6
  9. #fee9ce
  10. #fef4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f9900a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f9900a
  2. #ed8e16
  3. #e18d22
  4. #d58b2d
  5. #c98a39
  6. #bd8845
  7. #b08651
  8. #a4855d
  9. #988368
  10. #8c8274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cea087 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19b00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b30c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff777b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d29700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dea60b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff8261 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f9900a {
  color: #f9900a;
}
Background
.bg-f9900a {
  background-color: #f9900a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f9900a {
  border: 2px solid #f9900a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f9900a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 249 144 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 34 95% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f9900a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9900a, #eaf90a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f9900a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(249 144 10 / 0.35);
}

#ff8c00 Dark Orange ΔE 2.02 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 2.42 #f28500 Tangerine ΔE 3.13 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 4.46 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 4.91 #ed872d Cadmium Orange ΔE 5.03 #ffa343 Neon Carrot ΔE 5.04 #066ff5 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Dark Orange
#f9900a  rgb(249, 144, 10)  hsl(34, 95%, 51%)  Dark Orange
#0a73f9  rgb(10, 115, 249)  hsl(214, 95%, 51%)  Brandeis Blue
#0af990  rgb(10, 249, 144)  hsl(154, 95%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#900af9  rgb(144, 10, 249)  hsl(274, 95%, 51%)  Electric Violet