#ec8800

Color #ec8800

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Orange #ff8c00 · ΔE 7.42 Nearest Tailwind class orange-400 #ff8904 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#ec8800

RGB

rgb(236, 136, 0)

HSL

hsl(34.6, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(34.6, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 100%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(66.09, 31.17, 72.11)

LCH

lch(66.09, 78.56, 66.62)

OKLCH

oklch(71.9%, 0.1658, 61.78)

HWB

hwb(34.6, 0%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0064ec

Analogous

#ec1200

#ec8800

#daec00

Triadic

#ec8800

#00ec88

#8800ec

Split-complementary

#ec8800

#00daec

#1200ec

Tetradic

#ec8800

#64ec00

#0064ec

#8800ec

Square

#ec8800

#00ec12

#0064ec

#ec00da

Shades

Color #ec8800 mixed toward black.

#c57100

#9d5b00

#764400

#4f2d00

#271700

Tints

Color #ec8800 mixed toward white.

#ff9e1b

#ffb248

#ffc576

#ffd8a4

#ffecd1

Tones

Color #ec8800 mixed toward gray.

#d88514

#c58227

#b17f3b

#9d7c4f

#8a7962

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c845 · ΔE 29.5

Deuteranopia

#ced44d · ΔE 32.3

Tritanopia

#e85c60 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ec8800;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ec8800]

Related colors

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Burlywood #deb887

Navajo White #ffdead

Blanched Almond #ffebcd

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#ec8800 (#ec8800) is rgb(236, 136, 0) in RGB.

No, #ec8800 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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