#E97C2C

A medium, vivid orange closely aligning with Chocolate.

About #E97C2C

At its core, #E97C2C is a medium and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Chocolate. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(233, 124, 44).

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 47% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 25.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the orange spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E97C2C
RGB233, 124, 44
HSL25.4°, 81.1%, 54.3%
CMYK0%, 47%, 81%, 9%
HSV25.4°, 81.1%, 91.4%
LAB63.3, 36.9, 59.0
XYZ41.3, 31.9, 6.4
Decimal15301676

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.84:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.38:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.72:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.28:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E97C2C; }
.text-color { color: #E97C2C; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E97C2C; }

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