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Hex #ea8742

#ea8742 is a great light orange shade for your next project. Scroll down for #ea8742 color information, color shades and color usage information.

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#ea8742 Conversion table

Category	orange (light orange)
HEX	#ea8742 copy to clipboard
RGB	R 234 G 135 B 66 RGB (234, 135, 66) copy to clipboard
HSL	H 24.64 S 0.8 L 0.59
CMYK	C 0% M 39% Y 66% K 8%
Usage of orange	The color #ea8742 is a great light shade. Is it suitable for text, buttons or backgrounds? Read usage recommendations ...

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#ea8742 Conversion and Usage

Conversion results of this color to RGB, CMYK and HSL. Usage Recommendations on the right.

#ea8742 to RGB conversion

Red	234	234% RED
Green	135	135% GREEN
Blue	66	66% BLUE

CSS code: color: rgb(234, 135, 66); // for css text color
background-color: rgb(234, 135, 66); // for css background-color

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#ea8742 to CMYK conversion

Cyan	Magenta	Yellow	Black
0 %	38.82 %	65.88 %	8.24 %

#ea8742 to HSL conversion

Hue	Saturation	Lightness
24.643	0.8	0.59

CSS code: color: hsl(24.6, 80%, 59%);

HSL is supported in all major browsers!

Usage of #ea8742

Recommendations for light backgrounds in respect of a good contrast.

Usage for Text:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage for headings:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage as fill color:	recommended
Usage for buttons:	watch out for enough contrast

As a rather light shade, this color can very well be used as a fill/background, also to bigger elements. If there is no obvious reason, we do not recommend using it as text-color on white backgrounds (low contrast gives bad accessability-rating). Some usage-examples for #ea8742

Tints and Shades of #ea8742

Tints of #ea8742		Shades of #ea8742
	The actual color		The actual color
	5% lighter		5% darker
	10% lighter		10% darker
	15% lighter		15% darker

Color Examples: This is a orange Heading in #ea8742

This shows how text with the hex-color #ea8742 would look on a white background. Because of the lightness of the color this color is not recommended to be used as font-color. However, if you know what you are doing, feel free to use this color for anything you think it would be nice :-)!

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Orange Color Scheme based on #ea8742

Primary
#ea8742 (already open)

Secondary
#42a5ea

Tertiary
#b5dcf7

Your Color #ea8742 (already open)

Complementary Color: #42a5ea

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Orange Webdesign Color Scheme based on #ea8742

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