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#E2BA0D

#e2ba0d ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e2ba0d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 72.94% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.7% magenta, 94.25% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 48.73°, with 89.12% saturation and 46.86% 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 11.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 3.73.

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Relative luminance0.5132

Complementary

  1. #e2ba0d
  2. #0d35e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2ba0d
  2. #0d9fe2
  3. #4f0de2

Analogous

  1. #e24f0d
  2. #e2ba0d
  3. #9fe20d

Triadic

  1. #e2ba0d
  2. #0de2ba
  3. #ba0de2

Tetradic

  1. #e2ba0d
  2. #35e20d
  3. #0d35e2
  4. #ba0de2

Square

  1. #e2ba0d
  2. #0de24f
  3. #0d35e2
  4. #e20d9f

Monochromatic

  1. #514305
  2. #9a7e09
  3. #e2ba0d
  4. #f4d447
  5. #f9e58f

Shades

#e2ba0d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2ba0d
  2. #cba70c
  3. #b5950a
  4. #9e8209
  5. #887008
  6. #715d07
  7. #5a4a05
  8. #443804
  9. #2d2503
  10. #171301
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2ba0d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2ba0d
  2. #e5c125
  3. #e8c83d
  4. #ebcf56
  5. #eed66e
  6. #f1dd86
  7. #f3e39e
  8. #f6eab6
  9. #f9f1cf
  10. #fcf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2ba0d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2ba0d
  2. #d8b419
  3. #ceae24
  4. #c5a930
  5. #bba33b
  6. #b19d47
  7. #a79752
  8. #9d915e
  9. #948c69
  10. #8a8675
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdbc97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac322 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f5a99e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8b800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddbf1b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eeb07e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2ba0d {
  color: #e2ba0d;
}
Background
.bg-e2ba0d {
  background-color: #e2ba0d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2ba0d {
  border: 2px solid #e2ba0d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2ba0d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 186 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 89% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2ba0d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2ba0d, #9fe20d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2ba0d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 186 13 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 3.73 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.89 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.11 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.60 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.06 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.18 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 5.63 #1d45f2 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Saffron
#e2ba0d  rgb(226, 186, 13)  hsl(49, 89%, 47%)  Saffron
#0d35e2  rgb(13, 53, 226)  hsl(229, 89%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#0de2ba  rgb(13, 226, 186)  hsl(169, 89%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#ba0de2  rgb(186, 13, 226)  hsl(289, 89%, 47%)  Electric Purple