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#E8A60D

#e8a60d ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8a60d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 65.1% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.45% magenta, 94.4% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 41.92°, with 89.39% saturation and 48.04% 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 9.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 2.73.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4446

Complementary

  1. #e8a60d
  2. #0d4fe8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a60d
  2. #0dbce8
  3. #390de8

Analogous

  1. #e8390d
  2. #e8a60d
  3. #bce80d

Triadic

  1. #e8a60d
  2. #0de8a6
  3. #a60de8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a60d
  2. #4fe80d
  3. #0d4fe8
  4. #a60de8

Square

  1. #e8a60d
  2. #0de839
  3. #0d4fe8
  4. #e80dbc

Monochromatic

  1. #573e05
  2. #a07209
  3. #e8a60d
  4. #f5c24d
  5. #f9db95

Shades

#e8a60d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a60d
  2. #d1950c
  3. #ba850a
  4. #a27409
  5. #8b6408
  6. #745307
  7. #5d4205
  8. #463204
  9. #2e2103
  10. #171101
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a60d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a60d
  2. #eaaf25
  3. #edb83d
  4. #efc156
  5. #f1ca6e
  6. #f4d386
  7. #f6db9e
  8. #f8e4b6
  9. #faedcf
  10. #fdf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a60d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a60d
  2. #dea219
  3. #d39e24
  4. #c99b30
  5. #be973b
  6. #b49347
  7. #aa8f52
  8. #9f8b5e
  9. #958869
  10. #8a8475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caad8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb91b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd938e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9b116 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f59b70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a60d {
  color: #e8a60d;
}
Background
.bg-e8a60d {
  background-color: #e8a60d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a60d {
  border: 2px solid #e8a60d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a60d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 166 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 89% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a60d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a60d, #bce80d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a60d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 166 13 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.73 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.30 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.69 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.73 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.17 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.46 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.87 #1759f2 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Marigold
#e8a60d  rgb(232, 166, 13)  hsl(42, 89%, 48%)  Marigold
#0d4fe8  rgb(13, 79, 232)  hsl(222, 89%, 48%)  Iris
#0de8a6  rgb(13, 232, 166)  hsl(162, 89%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#a60de8  rgb(166, 13, 232)  hsl(282, 89%, 48%)  Vivid Violet