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#E69A02

#e69a02 ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e69a02 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 60.39% green and 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 33.04% magenta, 99.13% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 98.28% saturation and 45.49% 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 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 0.67.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.3994

Complementary

  1. #e69a02
  2. #024ee6

Split complementary

  1. #e69a02
  2. #02c0e6
  3. #2802e6

Analogous

  1. #e62802
  2. #e69a02
  3. #c0e602

Triadic

  1. #e69a02
  2. #02e69a
  3. #9a02e6

Tetradic

  1. #e69a02
  2. #4ee602
  3. #024ee6
  4. #9a02e6

Square

  1. #e69a02
  2. #02e628
  3. #024ee6
  4. #e602c0

Monochromatic

  1. #4e3401
  2. #9a6701
  3. #e69a02
  4. #fdbb37
  5. #fed583

Shades

#e69a02 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e69a02
  2. #cf8b02
  3. #b87b02
  4. #a16c01
  5. #8a5c01
  6. #734d01
  7. #5c3e01
  8. #452e01
  9. #2e1f00
  10. #170f00
  11. #000000

Tints

#e69a02 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e69a02
  2. #e9a41b
  3. #ebae35
  4. #eeb84e
  5. #f0c267
  6. #f3cd81
  7. #f5d79a
  8. #f8e1b3
  9. #faebcc
  10. #fdf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e69a02 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e69a02
  2. #dc970f
  3. #d2951b
  4. #c79228
  5. #bd9034
  6. #b38d41
  7. #a98a4e
  8. #9f885a
  9. #948567
  10. #8a8373
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5a486 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b59f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b110 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb8683 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ca9d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4a80b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f38e67 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e69a02 {
  color: #e69a02;
}
Background
.bg-e69a02 {
  background-color: #e69a02;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e69a02 {
  border: 2px solid #e69a02;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e69a02;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 154 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 98% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e69a02 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e69a02, #c0e602);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e69a02 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 154 2 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 0.67 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.19 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.76 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.07 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 6.01 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.14 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.61 #1965fd Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Gamboge
#e69a02  rgb(230, 154, 2)  hsl(40, 98%, 45%)  Gamboge
#024ee6  rgb(2, 78, 230)  hsl(220, 98%, 45%)  Sapphire
#02e69a  rgb(2, 230, 154)  hsl(160, 98%, 45%)  Medium Spring Green
#9a02e6  rgb(154, 2, 230)  hsl(280, 98%, 45%)  Dark Violet