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#E09F0D

#e09f0d ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e09f0d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.84% red, 62.35% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 29.02% magenta, 94.2% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 41.52°, with 89.03% saturation and 46.47% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 2.41.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4067

Complementary

  1. #e09f0d
  2. #0d4ee0

Split complementary

  1. #e09f0d
  2. #0db7e0
  3. #360de0

Analogous

  1. #e0360d
  2. #e09f0d
  3. #b7e00d

Triadic

  1. #e09f0d
  2. #0de09f
  3. #9f0de0

Tetradic

  1. #e09f0d
  2. #4ee00d
  3. #0d4ee0
  4. #9f0de0

Square

  1. #e09f0d
  2. #0de036
  3. #0d4ee0
  4. #e00db7

Monochromatic

  1. #4f3805
  2. #986c09
  3. #e09f0d
  4. #f4be45
  5. #f8d88e

Shades

#e09f0d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e09f0d
  2. #ca8f0c
  3. #b37f0a
  4. #9d6f09
  5. #865f08
  6. #705007
  7. #5a4005
  8. #433004
  9. #2d2003
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#e09f0d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e09f0d
  2. #e3a925
  3. #e6b23d
  4. #e9bc56
  5. #ecc56e
  6. #f0cf86
  7. #f3d99e
  8. #f6e2b6
  9. #f9eccf
  10. #fcf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e09f0d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e09f0d
  2. #d69c19
  3. #cd9924
  4. #c39630
  5. #ba933b
  6. #b09047
  7. #a68c52
  8. #9d895e
  9. #938669
  10. #8a8375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2a688 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b119 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f48d88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1aa15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ed946b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e09f0d {
  color: #e09f0d;
}
Background
.bg-e09f0d {
  background-color: #e09f0d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e09f0d {
  border: 2px solid #e09f0d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e09f0d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 159 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 89% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e09f0d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e09f0d, #b7e00d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e09f0d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 159 13 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.41 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.59 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.24 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.38 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.88 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.42 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 7.42 #1f60f2 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Gamboge
#e09f0d  rgb(224, 159, 13)  hsl(42, 89%, 46%)  Gamboge
#0d4ee0  rgb(13, 78, 224)  hsl(222, 89%, 46%)  Sapphire
#0de09f  rgb(13, 224, 159)  hsl(162, 89%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#9f0de0  rgb(159, 13, 224)  hsl(282, 89%, 46%)  Dark Violet