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#EAA70B

#eaa70b ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaa70b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 65.49% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 95.3% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 41.97°, with 91.02% saturation and 48.04% 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 10.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 2.78.

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Relative luminance0.4515

Complementary

  1. #eaa70b
  2. #0b4eea

Split complementary

  1. #eaa70b
  2. #0bbeea
  3. #370bea

Analogous

  1. #ea370b
  2. #eaa70b
  3. #beea0b

Triadic

  1. #eaa70b
  2. #0beaa7
  3. #a70bea

Tetradic

  1. #eaa70b
  2. #4eea0b
  3. #0b4eea
  4. #a70bea

Square

  1. #eaa70b
  2. #0bea37
  3. #0b4eea
  4. #ea0bbe

Monochromatic

  1. #583f04
  2. #a17308
  3. #eaa70b
  4. #f7c34b
  5. #fadb94

Shades

#eaa70b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaa70b
  2. #d3960a
  3. #bb8609
  4. #a47508
  5. #8c6407
  6. #755406
  7. #5e4304
  8. #463203
  9. #2f2102
  10. #171101
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaa70b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaa70b
  2. #ecb023
  3. #eeb93c
  4. #f0c154
  5. #f2ca6d
  6. #f5d385
  7. #f7dc9d
  8. #f9e5b6
  9. #fbedce
  10. #fdf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaa70b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaa70b
  2. #dfa317
  3. #d59f22
  4. #ca9b2e
  5. #c0973a
  6. #b59446
  7. #aa9051
  8. #a08c5d
  9. #958869
  10. #8b8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbae8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0ba1a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff948e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2a800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbb315 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f79c71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaa70b {
  color: #eaa70b;
}
Background
.bg-eaa70b {
  background-color: #eaa70b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaa70b {
  border: 2px solid #eaa70b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaa70b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 167 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 91% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaa70b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaa70b, #beea0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaa70b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 167 11 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.78 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.61 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.87 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.18 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.24 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.59 #1558f4 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eaa70b  rgb(234, 167, 11)  hsl(42, 91%, 48%)  Marigold
#0b4eea  rgb(11, 78, 234)  hsl(222, 91%, 48%)  Iris
#0beaa7  rgb(11, 234, 167)  hsl(162, 91%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#a70bea  rgb(167, 11, 234)  hsl(282, 91%, 48%)  Vivid Violet