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#EAA60F

#eaa60f ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaa60f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 65.1% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 29.06% magenta, 93.59% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 41.37°, with 87.95% saturation and 48.82% 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 9.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 2.31.

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Relative luminance0.448

Complementary

  1. #eaa60f
  2. #0f53ea

Split complementary

  1. #eaa60f
  2. #0fc0ea
  3. #380fea

Analogous

  1. #ea380f
  2. #eaa60f
  3. #c0ea0f

Triadic

  1. #eaa60f
  2. #0feaa6
  3. #a60fea

Tetradic

  1. #eaa60f
  2. #53ea0f
  3. #0f53ea
  4. #a60fea

Square

  1. #eaa60f
  2. #0fea38
  3. #0f53ea
  4. #ea0fc0

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4006
  2. #a2730a
  3. #eaa60f
  4. #f4c152
  5. #f8db99

Shades

#eaa60f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaa60f
  2. #d3950e
  3. #bb850c
  4. #a4740b
  5. #8c6409
  6. #755308
  7. #5e4206
  8. #463205
  9. #2f2103
  10. #171102
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaa60f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaa60f
  2. #ecaf27
  3. #eeb83f
  4. #f0c157
  5. #f2ca6f
  6. #f5d387
  7. #f7db9f
  8. #f9e4b7
  9. #fbedcf
  10. #fdf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaa60f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaa60f
  2. #dfa21a
  3. #d59e26
  4. #ca9b31
  5. #c0973c
  6. #b59348
  7. #aa8f53
  8. #a08b5e
  9. #958869
  10. #8b8475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbae8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0b91b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff938e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2a800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbb217 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f79b70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaa60f {
  color: #eaa60f;
}
Background
.bg-eaa60f {
  background-color: #eaa60f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaa60f {
  border: 2px solid #eaa60f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaa60f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 166 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 88% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaa60f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaa60f, #c0ea0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaa60f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 166 15 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.31 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.44 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.79 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.18 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.04 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.39 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.51 #1559f0 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eaa60f  rgb(234, 166, 15)  hsl(41, 88%, 49%)  Marigold
#0f53ea  rgb(15, 83, 234)  hsl(221, 88%, 49%)  Sapphire
#0feaa6  rgb(15, 234, 166)  hsl(161, 88%, 49%)  Medium Spring Green
#a60fea  rgb(166, 15, 234)  hsl(281, 88%, 49%)  Vivid Violet