HEX Color #E98A00 (Darkorange)

About #E98A00

When working with digital screens, the color #E98A00 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkorange. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 233, 138, and 0.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 41% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 35.5° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 45.7% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E98A00

RGB233, 138, 0

HSL35.5°, 100.0%, 45.7%

CMYK0%, 41%, 100%, 9%

HSV35.5°, 100.0%, 91.4%

LAB66.1, 28.9, 71.9

XYZ42.7, 35.5, 4.6

Decimal15305216

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E98A00 #005EE9

Analogous

#E91500 #D3E900

Triadic

#00E98A #8A00E9

Tetradic

#00E915 #005EE9 #E900D3

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E98A00

#EB971C

#EDA438

#F0B155

#F2BE71

#F5CB8D

#F7D8AA

#FAE5C6

#FCF2E2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E98A00

#CF7A00

#B56B00

#9B5C00

#814C00

#673D00

#4D2E00

#331E00

#190F00

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.59:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

8.10:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.48:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.89:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E98A00; }

.text-color { color: #E98A00; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E98A00; }

Similar Colors

Darkorange

#FF8C00