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#EAA00A

#eaa00a ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaa00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.62% magenta, 95.73% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 40.18°, with 91.8% saturation and 47.84% 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 9.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 1.05.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4266

Complementary

  1. #eaa00a
  2. #0a54ea

Split complementary

  1. #eaa00a
  2. #0ac4ea
  3. #300aea

Analogous

  1. #ea300a
  2. #eaa00a
  3. #c4ea0a

Triadic

  1. #eaa00a
  2. #0aeaa0
  3. #a00aea

Tetradic

  1. #eaa00a
  2. #54ea0a
  3. #0a54ea
  4. #a00aea

Square

  1. #eaa00a
  2. #0aea30
  3. #0a54ea
  4. #ea0ac4

Monochromatic

  1. #573c04
  2. #a16e07
  3. #eaa00a
  4. #f7be49
  5. #fad893

Shades

#eaa00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaa00a
  2. #d39009
  3. #bb8008
  4. #a47007
  5. #8c6006
  6. #755005
  7. #5e4004
  8. #463003
  9. #2f2002
  10. #171001
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaa00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaa00a
  2. #ecaa23
  3. #eeb33b
  4. #f0bd54
  5. #f2c66c
  6. #f5d085
  7. #f7d99d
  8. #f9e3b6
  9. #fbecce
  10. #fdf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaa00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaa00a
  2. #df9d16
  3. #d59a22
  4. #ca962d
  5. #c09339
  6. #b59045
  7. #aa8d51
  8. #a08a5d
  9. #958668
  10. #8b8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9a98b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb617 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8c88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfa200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9ae12 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7956c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaa00a {
  color: #eaa00a;
}
Background
.bg-eaa00a {
  background-color: #eaa00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaa00a {
  border: 2px solid #eaa00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaa00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 92% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaa00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaa00a, #c4ea0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaa00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.05 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 1.59 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.11 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.12 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.24 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 5.83 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.05 #155ff5 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Marigold
#eaa00a  rgb(234, 160, 10)  hsl(40, 92%, 48%)  Marigold
#0a54ea  rgb(10, 84, 234)  hsl(220, 92%, 48%)  Sapphire
#0aeaa0  rgb(10, 234, 160)  hsl(160, 92%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#a00aea  rgb(160, 10, 234)  hsl(280, 92%, 48%)  Vivid Violet