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#EAA209

#eaa209 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaa209 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 63.53% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 96.15% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 40.8°, with 92.59% 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 9.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 1.31.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4335

Complementary

  1. #eaa209
  2. #0951ea

Split complementary

  1. #eaa209
  2. #09c2ea
  3. #3209ea

Analogous

  1. #ea3209
  2. #eaa209
  3. #c2ea09

Triadic

  1. #eaa209
  2. #09eaa2
  3. #a209ea

Tetradic

  1. #eaa209
  2. #51ea09
  3. #0951ea
  4. #a209ea

Square

  1. #eaa209
  2. #09ea32
  3. #0951ea
  4. #ea09c2

Monochromatic

  1. #573c03
  2. #a06f06
  3. #eaa209
  4. #f8c048
  5. #fbd991

Shades

#eaa209 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaa209
  2. #d39208
  3. #bb8207
  4. #a47106
  5. #8c6105
  6. #755105
  7. #5e4104
  8. #463103
  9. #2f2002
  10. #171001
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaa209 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaa209
  2. #ecab22
  3. #eeb53a
  4. #f0be53
  5. #f2c76b
  6. #f5d184
  7. #f7da9d
  8. #f9e3b5
  9. #fbecce
  10. #fdf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaa209 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaa209
  2. #df9f15
  3. #d59b21
  4. #ca982d
  5. #c09439
  6. #b59145
  7. #aa8e50
  8. #a08a5c
  9. #958768
  10. #8b8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caab8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb717 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8e8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9af12 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7976d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaa209 {
  color: #eaa209;
}
Background
.bg-eaa209 {
  background-color: #eaa209;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaa209 {
  border: 2px solid #eaa209;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaa209;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 162 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaa209 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaa209, #c2ea09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaa209 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 162 9 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.31 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.18 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.40 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.68 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.66 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.01 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.02 #155df6 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eaa209  rgb(234, 162, 9)  hsl(41, 93%, 48%)  Marigold
#0951ea  rgb(9, 81, 234)  hsl(221, 93%, 48%)  Sapphire
#09eaa2  rgb(9, 234, 162)  hsl(161, 93%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#a209ea  rgb(162, 9, 234)  hsl(281, 93%, 48%)  Vivid Violet