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#E89E09

#e89e09 ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e89e09 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 61.96% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.9% magenta, 96.12% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 40.09°, with 92.53% saturation and 47.25% 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 9.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 1.02.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4163

Complementary

  1. #e89e09
  2. #0953e8

Split complementary

  1. #e89e09
  2. #09c2e8
  3. #2e09e8

Analogous

  1. #e82e09
  2. #e89e09
  3. #c2e809

Triadic

  1. #e89e09
  2. #09e89e
  3. #9e09e8

Tetradic

  1. #e89e09
  2. #53e809
  3. #0953e8
  4. #9e09e8

Square

  1. #e89e09
  2. #09e82e
  3. #0953e8
  4. #e809c2

Monochromatic

  1. #553a03
  2. #9e6c06
  3. #e89e09
  4. #f8bd46
  5. #fbd78f

Shades

#e89e09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e89e09
  2. #d18e08
  3. #ba7e07
  4. #a26f06
  5. #8b5f05
  6. #744f05
  7. #5d3f04
  8. #462f03
  9. #2e2002
  10. #171001
  11. #000000

Tints

#e89e09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e89e09
  2. #eaa822
  3. #edb13a
  4. #efbb53
  5. #f1c56b
  6. #f4cf84
  7. #f6d89d
  8. #f8e2b5
  9. #faecce
  10. #fdf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e89e09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e89e09
  2. #de9b15
  3. #d39821
  4. #c9952d
  5. #be9239
  6. #b48f45
  7. #aa8c50
  8. #9f895c
  9. #958668
  10. #8a8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7a789 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab416 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd8a87 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cda000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7ac11 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5936b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e89e09 {
  color: #e89e09;
}
Background
.bg-e89e09 {
  background-color: #e89e09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e89e09 {
  border: 2px solid #e89e09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e89e09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 158 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 93% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e89e09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e89e09, #c2e809);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e89e09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 158 9 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 1.02 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.28 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.39 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.18 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.37 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.12 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.44 #1761f6 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Gamboge
#e89e09  rgb(232, 158, 9)  hsl(40, 93%, 47%)  Gamboge
#0953e8  rgb(9, 83, 232)  hsl(220, 93%, 47%)  Sapphire
#09e89e  rgb(9, 232, 158)  hsl(160, 93%, 47%)  Medium Spring Green
#9e09e8  rgb(158, 9, 232)  hsl(280, 93%, 47%)  Vivid Violet