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#E8A41B

#e8a41b ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8a41b 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 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 29.31% magenta, 88.36% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 40.1°, with 81.67% saturation and 50.78% 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 9.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 1.47.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4379

Complementary

  1. #e8a41b
  2. #1b5fe8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a41b
  2. #1bc5e8
  3. #3d1be8

Analogous

  1. #e83d1b
  2. #e8a41b
  3. #c5e81b

Triadic

  1. #e8a41b
  2. #1be8a4
  3. #a41be8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a41b
  2. #5fe81b
  3. #1b5fe8
  4. #a41be8

Square

  1. #e8a41b
  2. #1be83d
  3. #1b5fe8
  4. #e81bc5

Monochromatic

  1. #60440a
  2. #a67411
  3. #e8a41b
  4. #efc060
  5. #f6dba6

Shades

#e8a41b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a41b
  2. #d19418
  3. #ba8316
  4. #a27313
  5. #8b6210
  6. #74520e
  7. #5d420b
  8. #463108
  9. #2e2105
  10. #171003
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a41b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a41b
  2. #eaad32
  3. #edb649
  4. #efbf5f
  5. #f1c876
  6. #f4d28d
  7. #f6dba4
  8. #f8e4bb
  9. #faedd1
  10. #fdf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a41b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a41b
  2. #dea025
  3. #d39d2f
  4. #c99939
  5. #be9643
  6. #b4924e
  7. #aa8e58
  8. #9f8b62
  9. #95876c
  10. #8a8476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9ac8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb723 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd918c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0a600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9b020 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f59970 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a41b {
  color: #e8a41b;
}
Background
.bg-e8a41b {
  background-color: #e8a41b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a41b {
  border: 2px solid #e8a41b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a41b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 164 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 82% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a41b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a41b, #c5e81b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a41b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 164 27 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.47 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.64 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.89 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.03 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.86 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.04 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.21 #175be4 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Marigold
#e8a41b  rgb(232, 164, 27)  hsl(40, 82%, 51%)  Marigold
#1b5fe8  rgb(27, 95, 232)  hsl(220, 82%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#1be8a4  rgb(27, 232, 164)  hsl(160, 82%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#a41be8  rgb(164, 27, 232)  hsl(280, 82%, 51%)  Vivid Violet