#ea9700

Color #ea9700

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Orange #ffa500 · ΔE 7.73 Nearest Tailwind class amber-500 #fe9a00 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ea9700

RGB

rgb(234, 151, 0)

HSL

hsl(38.7, 100%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.7, 100%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 35.5%, 100%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(69.21, 22.44, 73.98)

LCH

lch(69.21, 77.31, 73.13)

OKLCH

oklch(74.3%, 0.1603, 70.65)

HWB

hwb(38.7, 0%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0053ea

Analogous

#ea2200

#ea9700

#c8ea00

Triadic

#ea9700

#00ea97

#9700ea

Split-complementary

#ea9700

#00c8ea

#2200ea

Tetradic

#ea9700

#53ea00

#0053ea

#9700ea

Square

#ea9700

#00ea22

#0053ea

#ea00c8

Shades

Color #ea9700 mixed toward black.

#c37e00

#9c6500

#754b00

#4e3200

#271900

Tints

Color #ea9700 mixed toward white.

#ffad19

#ffbe47

#ffce75

#ffdea3

#ffefd1

Tones

Color #ea9700 mixed toward gray.

#d79114

#c38c27

#b0863b

#9c804e

#897b62

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccb4d · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#d0d556 · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#e7666b · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 28.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ea9700;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ea9700]

Related colors

Orange #ffa500

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Moccasin #ffe4b5

Floral White #fffaf0

Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Frequently asked questions

#ea9700 (#ea9700) is rgb(234, 151, 0) in RGB.

No, #ea9700 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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