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#E8A403

#e8a403 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8a403 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 64.31% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 29.31% magenta, 98.71% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 42.18°, 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 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 2.35.

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Relative luminance0.4371

Complementary

  1. #e8a403
  2. #0347e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a403
  2. #03bae8
  3. #3103e8

Analogous

  1. #e83103
  2. #e8a403
  3. #bae803

Triadic

  1. #e8a403
  2. #03e8a4
  3. #a403e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a403
  2. #47e803
  3. #0347e8
  4. #a403e8

Square

  1. #e8a403
  2. #03e831
  3. #0347e8
  4. #e803ba

Monochromatic

  1. #513901
  2. #9c6f02
  3. #e8a403
  4. #fcc33b
  5. #fdda87

Shades

#e8a403 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a403
  2. #d19403
  3. #ba8302
  4. #a27302
  5. #8b6202
  6. #745202
  7. #5d4201
  8. #463101
  9. #2e2101
  10. #171000
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a403 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a403
  2. #eaad1c
  3. #edb635
  4. #efbf4f
  5. #f1c868
  6. #f4d281
  7. #f6db9a
  8. #f8e4b3
  9. #faedcd
  10. #fdf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a403 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a403
  2. #dea010
  3. #d39d1c
  4. #c99929
  5. #be9635
  6. #b49242
  7. #aa8e4e
  8. #9f8b5b
  9. #958767
  10. #8a8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9ac8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb715 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd918c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0a600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9b00f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5996e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a403 {
  color: #e8a403;
}
Background
.bg-e8a403 {
  background-color: #e8a403;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a403 {
  border: 2px solid #e8a403;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a403;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 164 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 97% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a403 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a403, #bae803);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a403 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 164 3 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.35 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.14 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.67 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.39 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.53 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.79 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.81 #175bfc Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Marigold
#e8a403  rgb(232, 164, 3)  hsl(42, 97%, 46%)  Marigold
#0347e8  rgb(3, 71, 232)  hsl(222, 97%, 46%)  Iris
#03e8a4  rgb(3, 232, 164)  hsl(162, 97%, 46%)  Medium Spring Green
#a403e8  rgb(164, 3, 232)  hsl(282, 97%, 46%)  Vivid Violet