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#E9A00A

#e9a00a ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e9a00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.33% magenta, 95.71% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 40.36°, with 91.77% 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 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 1.1.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4249

Complementary

  1. #e9a00a
  2. #0a53e9

Split complementary

  1. #e9a00a
  2. #0ac3e9
  3. #310ae9

Analogous

  1. #e9310a
  2. #e9a00a
  3. #c3e90a

Triadic

  1. #e9a00a
  2. #0ae9a0
  3. #a00ae9

Tetradic

  1. #e9a00a
  2. #53e90a
  3. #0a53e9
  4. #a00ae9

Square

  1. #e9a00a
  2. #0ae931
  3. #0a53e9
  4. #e90ac3

Monochromatic

  1. #563b04
  2. #a06e07
  3. #e9a00a
  4. #f7be48
  5. #fad892

Shades

#e9a00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9a00a
  2. #d29009
  3. #ba8008
  4. #a37007
  5. #8c6006
  6. #755005
  7. #5d4004
  8. #463003
  9. #2f2002
  10. #171001
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9a00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9a00a
  2. #ebaa23
  3. #edb33b
  4. #f0bd54
  5. #f2c66c
  6. #f4d085
  7. #f6d99d
  8. #f8e3b6
  9. #fbecce
  10. #fdf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9a00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9a00a
  2. #df9d16
  3. #d49a22
  4. #ca962d
  5. #bf9339
  6. #b59045
  7. #aa8d51
  8. #a08a5d
  9. #958668
  10. #8b8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9a98a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb517 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fe8c88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfa200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8ad12 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6956c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9a00a {
  color: #e9a00a;
}
Background
.bg-e9a00a {
  background-color: #e9a00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9a00a {
  border: 2px solid #e9a00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9a00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 92% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9a00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9a00a, #c3e90a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9a00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.10 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 1.57 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.34 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.00 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.37 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.01 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.18 #165ff5 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Marigold
#e9a00a  rgb(233, 160, 10)  hsl(40, 92%, 48%)  Marigold
#0a53e9  rgb(10, 83, 233)  hsl(220, 92%, 48%)  Sapphire
#0ae9a0  rgb(10, 233, 160)  hsl(160, 92%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#a00ae9  rgb(160, 10, 233)  hsl(280, 92%, 48%)  Vivid Violet