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#E2A003

#e2a003 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e2a003 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 62.75% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 29.2% magenta, 98.67% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 42.24°, with 97.38% saturation and 44.9% 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 9.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 2.56.

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Relative luminance0.4132

Complementary

  1. #e2a003
  2. #0345e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2a003
  2. #03b5e2
  3. #3003e2

Analogous

  1. #e23003
  2. #e2a003
  3. #b5e203

Triadic

  1. #e2a003
  2. #03e2a0
  3. #a003e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2a003
  2. #45e203
  3. #0345e2
  4. #a003e2

Square

  1. #e2a003
  2. #03e230
  3. #0345e2
  4. #e203b5

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3501
  2. #966b02
  3. #e2a003
  4. #fcc135
  5. #fdd881

Shades

#e2a003 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2a003
  2. #cb9003
  3. #b58002
  4. #9e7002
  5. #886002
  6. #715002
  7. #5a4001
  8. #443001
  9. #2d2001
  10. #171000
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2a003 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2a003
  2. #e5aa1c
  3. #e8b335
  4. #ebbd4f
  5. #eec668
  6. #f1d081
  7. #f3d99a
  8. #f6e3b3
  9. #f9eccd
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2a003 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2a003
  2. #d89d10
  3. #ce9a1c
  4. #c59629
  5. #bb9335
  6. #b19042
  7. #a78d4e
  8. #9d8a5b
  9. #948667
  10. #8a8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4a789 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b314 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f78d88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3ac0e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ef956c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2a003 {
  color: #e2a003;
}
Background
.bg-e2a003 {
  background-color: #e2a003;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2a003 {
  border: 2px solid #e2a003;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2a003;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 160 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 97% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2a003 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2a003, #b5e203);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2a003 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 160 3 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.56 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.57 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.30 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.14 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.14 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.30 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 7.30 #1d5ffc Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Marigold
#e2a003  rgb(226, 160, 3)  hsl(42, 97%, 45%)  Marigold
#0345e2  rgb(3, 69, 226)  hsl(222, 97%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#03e2a0  rgb(3, 226, 160)  hsl(162, 97%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a003e2  rgb(160, 3, 226)  hsl(282, 97%, 45%)  Dark Violet