#ec8200

Color #ec8200

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Orange #ff8c00 · ΔE 6.77 Nearest Tailwind class orange-400 #ff8904 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ec8200

RGB

rgb(236, 130, 0)

HSL

hsl(33.1, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(33.1, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 100%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(64.81, 34.28, 71.31)

LCH

lch(64.81, 79.12, 64.33)

OKLCH

oklch(70.9%, 0.1685, 58.72)

HWB

hwb(33.1, 0%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#006aec

Analogous

#ec0c00

#ec8200

#e0ec00

Triadic

#ec8200

#00ec82

#8200ec

Split-complementary

#ec8200

#00e0ec

#0c00ec

Tetradic

#ec8200

#6aec00

#006aec

#8200ec

Square

#ec8200

#00ec0c

#006aec

#ec00e0

Shades

Color #ec8200 mixed toward black.

#c56d00

#9d5700

#764100

#4f2b00

#271600

Tints

Color #ec8200 mixed toward white.

#ff991b

#ffad48

#ffc276

#ffd6a4

#ffebd1

Tones

Color #ec8200 mixed toward gray.

#d88014

#c57e27

#b17c3b

#9d7a4f

#8a7862

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c642 · ΔE 31.4

Deuteranopia

#cdd349 · ΔE 34.3

Tritanopia

#e8585c · ΔE 27.8

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 28.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ec8200;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ec8200]

Related colors

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Bisque #ffe4c4

Burlywood #deb887

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Navajo White #ffdead

Frequently asked questions

#ec8200 (#ec8200) is rgb(236, 130, 0) in RGB.

No, #ec8200 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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