Carrot Orange (#ED9121)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text

This is how text may look on this color.

Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 2.42:1 — vs black: 8.67:1

Color values

HEX #ED9121
RGB rgb(237, 145, 33)
HSL hsl(32, 85%, 52%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 39, 86, 7 )
Websafe #FF9933

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Tags

Mood

Energetic (215) Bold (205)

Style

Vivid (210) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #ED9121 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Carrot Orange
#ED9121 Base

#217DED

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Carrot Orange
#ED9121 Base

#ED2B21

#E3ED21

Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Carrot Orange
#ED9121 Base

#21ED91

#9121ED

Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Carrot Orange
#ED9121 Base

#21E3ED

#2B21ED

Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Carrot Orange
#ED9121 Base

#21ED2B

#217DED

#ED21E3

Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Carrot Orange
#ED9121 Base

#6C3F09

#B3690F

#D47C11

#F0A447

#F3B468

#F8D7AF

Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Carrot Orange, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #180E02

— #452806

— #724309

— #9F5D0D

— #CD7811

Carrot Orange #ED9121 Base

— #F0A549

— #F3B870

— #F7CC98

— #FAE0C0

— #FDF3E7

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #ED9121. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #ED9121;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #ED9121;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #ED9121;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #ED9121,
        #217DED
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #ED9121,
        #217DED
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$carrot-orange: #ED9121;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$carrot-orange-r: 237;
$carrot-orange-g: 145;
$carrot-orange-b: 33;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $carrot-orange;
    color: rgba($carrot-orange-r, $carrot-orange-g, $carrot-orange-b, 0.8);
}

Color Blindness Simulation

How Carrot Orange appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #ED9121 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #B2B209 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.

Protanopia #9F9F24 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #F18989 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #A6A6A6 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.

Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Carrot Orange ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Carrot Orange #ED9121 Base

Fulvous #E48400 ΔE 3.54

Orange (RYB) #FB9902 ΔE 3.58

Princeton Orange #FF8F00 ΔE 3.64

Tangerine #F28500 ΔE 3.84

How to use this color

Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.