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#E8A71B

#e8a71b ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8a71b 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 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.02% magenta, 88.36% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 40.98°, 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 9.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 2.58.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4487

Complementary

  1. #e8a71b
  2. #1b5ce8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a71b
  2. #1bc2e8
  3. #411be8

Analogous

  1. #e8411b
  2. #e8a71b
  3. #c2e81b

Triadic

  1. #e8a71b
  2. #1be8a7
  3. #a71be8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a71b
  2. #5ce81b
  3. #1b5ce8
  4. #a71be8

Square

  1. #e8a71b
  2. #1be841
  3. #1b5ce8
  4. #e81bc2

Monochromatic

  1. #60450a
  2. #a67711
  3. #e8a71b
  4. #efc260
  5. #f6dda6

Shades

#e8a71b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a71b
  2. #d19618
  3. #ba8616
  4. #a27513
  5. #8b6410
  6. #74540e
  7. #5d430b
  8. #463208
  9. #2e2105
  10. #171103
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a71b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a71b
  2. #eab032
  3. #edb949
  4. #efc15f
  5. #f1ca76
  6. #f4d38d
  7. #f6dca4
  8. #f8e5bb
  9. #faedd1
  10. #fdf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a71b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a71b
  2. #dea325
  3. #d39f2f
  4. #c99b39
  5. #be9743
  6. #b4944e
  7. #aa9058
  8. #9f8c62
  9. #95886c
  10. #8a8476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caae8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb924 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd948f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1a800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dab221 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f59c72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a71b {
  color: #e8a71b;
}
Background
.bg-e8a71b {
  background-color: #e8a71b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a71b {
  border: 2px solid #e8a71b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a71b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 167 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 82% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a71b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a71b, #c2e81b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a71b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 167 27 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.58 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.21 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.74 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.73 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.90 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.09 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.54 #1758e4 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Marigold
#e8a71b  rgb(232, 167, 27)  hsl(41, 82%, 51%)  Marigold
#1b5ce8  rgb(27, 92, 232)  hsl(221, 82%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#1be8a7  rgb(27, 232, 167)  hsl(161, 82%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#a71be8  rgb(167, 27, 232)  hsl(281, 82%, 51%)  Vivid Violet