#ed5000

Color #ed5000

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 10.23 Nearest Tailwind class orange-600 #f54900 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ed5000

RGB

rgb(237, 80, 0)

HSL

hsl(20.3, 100%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20.3, 100%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 100%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(55.83, 58.06, 66.31)

LCH

lch(55.83, 88.14, 48.8)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.2045, 39.22)

HWB

hwb(20.3, 0%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#009ded

Analogous

#ed0026

#ed5000

#edc700

Triadic

#ed5000

#00ed50

#5000ed

Split-complementary

#ed5000

#00edc7

#0026ed

Tetradic

#ed5000

#9ded00

#009ded

#5000ed

Square

#ed5000

#26ed00

#009ded

#c700ed

Shades

Color #ed5000 mixed toward black.

#c64300

#9e3500

#772800

#4f1b00

#280d00

Tints

Color #ed5000 mixed toward white.

#ff691c

#ff8749

#ffa577

#ffc3a4

#ffe1d2

Tones

Color #ed5000 mixed toward gray.

#d95714

#c65d28

#b2633b

#9e6a4f

#8a7063

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebd26 · ΔE 45.5

Deuteranopia

#c5ce2b · ΔE 49.8

Tritanopia

#e83437 · ΔE 13.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 29.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ed5000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ed5000]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Seashell #fff5ee

Chocolate #d2691e

Frequently asked questions

#ed5000 (#ed5000) is rgb(237, 80, 0) in RGB.

No, #ed5000 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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