Information about #EDC044 color

#EDC044 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#EDC044 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(237, 192, 68) — 92.9% red, 75.3% green, 26.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 18 / 66 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #EDC044 reads as a energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange and sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Teddy (#EFC741). Nearby in the Register you will also find Maximum Yellow Red (#F2BA49) and Amur Cork Tree (#F3C13A).

In RGB terms — rgb(237, 192, 68) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 12.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.7:1. No one has named #EDC044 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#EDC044 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#EDC044 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #EDC044

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Teddy color link
Teddy

#EFC741

Cream Can color link
Cream Can

#EEC051

Festival color link
Festival

#EACC4A

Meat Brown color link
Meat Brown

#E5B73B

Charger color link
Charger

#F9C24E

Party Mix color link
Party Mix

#E1C53A

Amber Orange color link
Amber Orange

#F2B046

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Bright Spark color link
Bright Spark

#F3BE33

#EDC044 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EDC044
  • RGB237, 192, 68
  • CMYK0, 18, 66, 7
  • CSSrgb(237, 192, 68)
  • HSL44°, 82%, 60%
  • HSL Precise44.024°, 82.439%, 59.804%
  • HSV44°, 71%, 93%
  • HSB44°, 71%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.753
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.267
  • GLSLvec3(0.929, 0.753, 0.267)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.929, 0.753, 0.267, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.929, 0.753, 0.267)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB92.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB75.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB26.7%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDEDC044
  • DECIMAL ID15581252
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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