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#E8A502

#e8a502 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8a502 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 64.71% green and 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.88% magenta, 99.14% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 42.52°, with 98.29% saturation and 45.88% 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 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 2.69.

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Relative luminance0.4407

Complementary

  1. #e8a502
  2. #0245e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a502
  2. #02b8e8
  3. #3202e8

Analogous

  1. #e83202
  2. #e8a502
  3. #b8e802

Triadic

  1. #e8a502
  2. #02e8a5
  3. #a502e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a502
  2. #45e802
  3. #0245e8
  4. #a502e8

Square

  1. #e8a502
  2. #02e832
  3. #0245e8
  4. #e802b8

Monochromatic

  1. #503901
  2. #9c6f01
  3. #e8a502
  4. #fdc439
  5. #fedb85

Shades

#e8a502 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a502
  2. #d19502
  3. #ba8402
  4. #a27401
  5. #8b6301
  6. #745301
  7. #5d4201
  8. #463201
  9. #2e2100
  10. #171100
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a502 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a502
  2. #eaae1b
  3. #edb735
  4. #efc04e
  5. #f1c967
  6. #f4d281
  7. #f6db9a
  8. #f8e4b3
  9. #faedcc
  10. #fdf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a502 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a502
  2. #dea10f
  3. #d39e1b
  4. #c99a28
  5. #be9634
  6. #b49341
  7. #aa8f4e
  8. #9f8b5a
  9. #958767
  10. #8a8473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9ac8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb814 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd928c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0a600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9b10e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f59a6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a502 {
  color: #e8a502;
}
Background
.bg-e8a502 {
  background-color: #e8a502;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a502 {
  border: 2px solid #e8a502;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a502;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 165 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 98% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a502 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a502, #b8e802);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a502 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 165 2 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.69 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.47 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.52 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.63 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.49 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.62 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.97 #175afd Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Marigold
#e8a502  rgb(232, 165, 2)  hsl(43, 98%, 46%)  Marigold
#0245e8  rgb(2, 69, 232)  hsl(223, 98%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#02e8a5  rgb(2, 232, 165)  hsl(163, 98%, 46%)  Medium Spring Green
#a502e8  rgb(165, 2, 232)  hsl(283, 98%, 46%)  Vivid Violet