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#E8A70B

#e8a70b ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8a70b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 65.49% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.02% magenta, 95.26% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 42.35°, with 90.95% saturation and 47.65% 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 9.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 3.13.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4482

Complementary

  1. #e8a70b
  2. #0b4ce8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a70b
  2. #0bbbe8
  3. #380be8

Analogous

  1. #e8380b
  2. #e8a70b
  3. #bbe80b

Triadic

  1. #e8a70b
  2. #0be8a7
  3. #a70be8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a70b
  2. #4ce80b
  3. #0b4ce8
  4. #a70be8

Square

  1. #e8a70b
  2. #0be838
  3. #0b4ce8
  4. #e80bbb

Monochromatic

  1. #563e04
  2. #9f7208
  3. #e8a70b
  4. #f6c349
  5. #fadb92

Shades

#e8a70b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a70b
  2. #d1960a
  3. #ba8609
  4. #a27508
  5. #8b6407
  6. #745406
  7. #5d4304
  8. #463203
  9. #2e2102
  10. #171101
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a70b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a70b
  2. #eab023
  3. #edb93c
  4. #efc154
  5. #f1ca6d
  6. #f4d385
  7. #f6dc9d
  8. #f8e5b6
  9. #faedce
  10. #fdf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a70b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a70b
  2. #dea317
  3. #d39f22
  4. #c99b2e
  5. #be973a
  6. #b49446
  7. #aa9051
  8. #9f8c5d
  9. #958869
  10. #8a8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caae8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0b91a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd948e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1a800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dab215 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f59c71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a70b {
  color: #e8a70b;
}
Background
.bg-e8a70b {
  background-color: #e8a70b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a70b {
  border: 2px solid #e8a70b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a70b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 167 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 91% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a70b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a70b, #bbe80b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a70b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 167 11 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.13 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.14 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.84 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.02 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.56 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.62 #1758f4 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Marigold
#e8a70b  rgb(232, 167, 11)  hsl(42, 91%, 48%)  Marigold
#0b4ce8  rgb(11, 76, 232)  hsl(222, 91%, 48%)  Iris
#0be8a7  rgb(11, 232, 167)  hsl(162, 91%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#a70be8  rgb(167, 11, 232)  hsl(282, 91%, 48%)  Vivid Violet