Information about #EE8B40 color

#EE8B40 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#EE8B40 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(238, 139, 64) — 93.3% red, 54.5% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 39 / 68 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #EE8B40 reads as a vivid, lively warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. 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 Jaffa (#EF863F). Slightly further away sit California (#E98C3A) and Sun (#EF8E38).

The recipe behind #EE8B40 is rgb(238, 139, 64), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.5:1. #EE8B40 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#EE8B40 color variations

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#EE8B40 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 #EE8B40

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

Jaffa color link
Jaffa

#EF863F

California color link
California

#E98C3A

Sun color link
Sun

#EF8E38

Dusty Orange color link
Dusty Orange

#F0833A

Lemon Ochre color link
Lemon Ochre

#E78F4A

Carpe Diem color link
Carpe Diem

#E4943D

Royal Orange color link
Royal Orange

#F99245

West Side color link
West Side

#E5823A

Faded Orange color link
Faded Orange

#F0944D

Tree Poppy color link
Tree Poppy

#E2813B

#EE8B40 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EE8B40
  • RGB238, 139, 64
  • CMYK0, 39, 68, 7
  • CSSrgb(238, 139, 64)
  • HSL26°, 84%, 59%
  • HSL Precise25.862°, 83.654%, 59.216%
  • HSV26°, 73%, 93%
  • HSB26°, 73%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.933, 0.545, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.933, 0.545, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.933, 0.545, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB93.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDEE8B40
  • DECIMAL ID15633216
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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