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#E8A203

#e8a203 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8a203 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 63.53% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.17% magenta, 98.71% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 41.66°, with 97.45% saturation and 46.08% 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 9.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 1.79.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.43

Complementary

  1. #e8a203
  2. #0349e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a203
  2. #03bce8
  3. #3003e8

Analogous

  1. #e83003
  2. #e8a203
  3. #bce803

Triadic

  1. #e8a203
  2. #03e8a2
  3. #a203e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a203
  2. #49e803
  3. #0349e8
  4. #a203e8

Square

  1. #e8a203
  2. #03e830
  3. #0349e8
  4. #e803bc

Monochromatic

  1. #513901
  2. #9c6d02
  3. #e8a203
  4. #fcc13b
  5. #fdd987

Shades

#e8a203 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a203
  2. #d19203
  3. #ba8202
  4. #a27102
  5. #8b6102
  6. #745102
  7. #5d4101
  8. #463101
  9. #2e2001
  10. #171000
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a203 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a203
  2. #eaab1c
  3. #edb535
  4. #efbe4f
  5. #f1c768
  6. #f4d181
  7. #f6da9a
  8. #f8e3b3
  9. #faeccd
  10. #fdf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a203 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a203
  2. #de9f10
  3. #d39b1c
  4. #c99829
  5. #be9435
  6. #b49142
  7. #aa8e4e
  8. #9f8a5b
  9. #958767
  10. #8a8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8aa8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb614 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd8f8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfa400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8ae0e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5976d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a203 {
  color: #e8a203;
}
Background
.bg-e8a203 {
  background-color: #e8a203;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a203 {
  border: 2px solid #e8a203;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a203;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 162 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 97% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a203 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a203, #bce803);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a203 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 162 3 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.79 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.42 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.15 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.97 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 6.27 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.45 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.53 #175dfc Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Marigold
#e8a203  rgb(232, 162, 3)  hsl(42, 97%, 46%)  Marigold
#0349e8  rgb(3, 73, 232)  hsl(222, 97%, 46%)  Iris
#03e8a2  rgb(3, 232, 162)  hsl(162, 97%, 46%)  Medium Spring Green
#a203e8  rgb(162, 3, 232)  hsl(282, 97%, 46%)  Vivid Violet