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#E69E01

#e69e01 ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e69e01 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 61.96% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.3% magenta, 99.57% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 41.14°, with 99.13% saturation and 45.29% 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 Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 1.25.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4128

Complementary

  1. #e69e01
  2. #0149e6

Split complementary

  1. #e69e01
  2. #01bbe6
  3. #2c01e6

Analogous

  1. #e62c01
  2. #e69e01
  3. #bbe601

Triadic

  1. #e69e01
  2. #01e69e
  3. #9e01e6

Tetradic

  1. #e69e01
  2. #49e601
  3. #0149e6
  4. #9e01e6

Square

  1. #e69e01
  2. #01e62c
  3. #0149e6
  4. #e601bb

Monochromatic

  1. #4e3500
  2. #9a6a01
  3. #e69e01
  4. #febf35
  5. #fed782

Shades

#e69e01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e69e01
  2. #cf8e01
  3. #b87e01
  4. #a16f01
  5. #8a5f01
  6. #734f01
  7. #5c3f00
  8. #452f00
  9. #2e2000
  10. #171000
  11. #000000

Tints

#e69e01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e69e01
  2. #e9a81a
  3. #ebb134
  4. #eebb4d
  5. #f0c567
  6. #f3cf80
  7. #f5d899
  8. #f8e2b3
  9. #faeccc
  10. #fdf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e69e01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e69e01
  2. #dc9b0e
  3. #d2981a
  4. #c79527
  5. #bd9234
  6. #b38f41
  7. #a98c4d
  8. #9f895a
  9. #948667
  10. #8a8373
  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 #c6a788 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b311 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb8b86 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cca000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5ab0b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3936a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e69e01 {
  color: #e69e01;
}
Background
.bg-e69e01 {
  background-color: #e69e01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e69e01 {
  border: 2px solid #e69e01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e69e01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 158 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 99% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e69e01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e69e01, #bbe601);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e69e01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 158 1 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 1.25 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.62 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.82 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.91 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.81 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.64 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.83 #1961fe Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Gamboge
#e69e01  rgb(230, 158, 1)  hsl(41, 99%, 45%)  Gamboge
#0149e6  rgb(1, 73, 230)  hsl(221, 99%, 45%)  Iris
#01e69e  rgb(1, 230, 158)  hsl(161, 99%, 45%)  Medium Spring Green
#9e01e6  rgb(158, 1, 230)  hsl(281, 99%, 45%)  Dark Violet