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#EA4E03 — Vivid Orange

#EA4E03 is a orange color we call Vivid Orange, closest to the named color OrangeRed (#FF4500). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orangered (#FF4500) — not an exact match. CSS orangered gives you #FF4500, a different color; use #EA4E03 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EA4E03 is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #049FE7; it also sits naturally between #E7042D and #E7BD04. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA4E03 · RGB 234, 78, 3

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Color values

HEX#EA4E03
RGB234, 78, 3
HSL19°, 97%, 46%
HSV19°, 99%, 92%
CMYK0%, 67%, 99%, 8%
XYZ36.67, 22.95, 2.58
Yxy22.95, 0.5896, 0.3689
CIE-Lab55.02, 57.89, 64.98
Hunter Lab47.90, 56.26, 28.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 31% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 99% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #EA4E03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA4E03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA4E03

.text { color: #EA4E03; }
.background { background-color: #EA4E03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA4E03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 78, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(19, 97%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA4E03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 78, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA4E03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 78, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA4E03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA4E03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA4E03

#D34503#BF3E03#A63603#923002#7E2902#692302#551C01#3C1401#280D01#140700

Tints of #EA4E03

#FB5609#FC6722#FC783B#FC8954#FD9B6D#FDAC86#FEBDA0#FECFB9#FEE0D2#FFF1EB

Tones of #EA4E03

#D75214#C65824#B65E35#A76344#966954#866F65

Color harmonies

Complementary — #049FE7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.76:1 AA large only
Against black text5.59:1 AA

Best text color on #EA4E03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA4E03

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EA4E03: ·

How #EA4E03 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A6A515Deuteranopia · #B0BB1ATritanopia · #E22327

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind orange 600 · #EA580CMaterial Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722Tailwind orange 500 · #F97316

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA4E03 rather than the exact color:

Palette 006e7f
#006E7F · #F8CB2E · #EE5007 · #B22727
Palette 2a004e
#2A004E · #500073 · #C62300 · #F14A00
Palette Ebe4d1
#EBE4D1 · #B4B4B3 · #26577C · #E55604
Palette Ecf8f9
#ECF8F9 · #068DA9 · #7E1717 · #E55807
Palette 640d5f
#640D5F · #B12C00 · #EB5B00 · #FFCC00
Palette Ffb200
#FFB200 · #EB5B00 · #E4003A · #B60071

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#EE5007#F14A00#E55604#E55807#EB5B00#E85C0D#EA6009#FC5404#F94C10#F25912#FF4D00#DC5F00

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA4E02  ·  #EA4E04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA4E03?

#EA4E03 is Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 234, 78, 3). Its closest standard named color is OrangeRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA4E03?

#EA4E03 is RGB 234, 78, 3 — HSL 19°, 97%, 46% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 99%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA4E03?

Its complement is #049FE7; analogous partners are #E7042D and #E7BD04. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA4E03 for text?

Black text on #EA4E03 has a contrast ratio of 5.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.76:1.