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#E8BE09

#e8be09 ≈ Saffron

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8be09 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 74.51% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.1% magenta, 96.12% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 48.7°, with 92.53% saturation and 47.25% 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 11.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Saffron (#f4c430), ΔE 2.84.

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Web safe#ffcc00
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Relative luminance0.54

Complementary

  1. #e8be09
  2. #0933e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8be09
  2. #09a2e8
  3. #4e09e8

Analogous

  1. #e84e09
  2. #e8be09
  3. #a2e809

Triadic

  1. #e8be09
  2. #09e8be
  3. #be09e8

Tetradic

  1. #e8be09
  2. #33e809
  3. #0933e8
  4. #be09e8

Square

  1. #e8be09
  2. #09e84e
  3. #0933e8
  4. #e809a2

Monochromatic

  1. #554503
  2. #9e8206
  3. #e8be09
  4. #f8d646
  5. #fbe68f

Shades

#e8be09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8be09
  2. #d1ab08
  3. #ba9807
  4. #a28506
  5. #8b7205
  6. #745f05
  7. #5d4c04
  8. #463903
  9. #2e2602
  10. #171301
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8be09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8be09
  2. #eac522
  3. #edcb3a
  4. #efd253
  5. #f1d86b
  6. #f4df84
  7. #f6e59d
  8. #f8ecb5
  9. #faf2ce
  10. #fdf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8be09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8be09
  2. #deb815
  3. #d3b221
  4. #c9ab2d
  5. #bea539
  6. #b49f45
  7. #aa9950
  8. #9f935c
  9. #958c68
  10. #8a8674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2c09a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dfc721 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fcada2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ddbc00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3c41a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4b480 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8be09 {
  color: #e8be09;
}
Background
.bg-e8be09 {
  background-color: #e8be09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8be09 {
  border: 2px solid #e8be09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8be09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 190 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 93% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8be09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8be09, #a2e809);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8be09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 190 9 / 0.35);
}

#f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.84 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 2.97 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.25 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.25 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 4.54 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.70 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.31 #1741f6 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Saffron
#e8be09  rgb(232, 190, 9)  hsl(49, 93%, 47%)  Saffron
#0933e8  rgb(9, 51, 232)  hsl(229, 93%, 47%)  Blue
#09e8be  rgb(9, 232, 190)  hsl(169, 93%, 47%)  Aquamarine
#be09e8  rgb(190, 9, 232)  hsl(289, 93%, 47%)  Electric Purple