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#EAA80C

#eaa80c ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaa80c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 65.88% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 94.87% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 42.16°, with 90.24% saturation and 48.24% 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 10.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 3.1.

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Relative luminance0.4552

Complementary

  1. #eaa80c
  2. #0c4eea

Split complementary

  1. #eaa80c
  2. #0cbdea
  3. #390cea

Analogous

  1. #ea390c
  2. #eaa80c
  3. #bdea0c

Triadic

  1. #eaa80c
  2. #0ceaa8
  3. #a80cea

Tetradic

  1. #eaa80c
  2. #4eea0c
  3. #0c4eea
  4. #a80cea

Square

  1. #eaa80c
  2. #0cea39
  3. #0c4eea
  4. #ea0cbd

Monochromatic

  1. #584005
  2. #a17408
  3. #eaa80c
  4. #f6c44d
  5. #fadc95

Shades

#eaa80c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaa80c
  2. #d3970b
  3. #bb860a
  4. #a47608
  5. #8c6507
  6. #755406
  7. #5e4305
  8. #463204
  9. #2f2202
  10. #171101
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaa80c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaa80c
  2. #ecb124
  3. #eeb93d
  4. #f0c255
  5. #f2cb6d
  6. #f5d486
  7. #f7dc9e
  8. #f9e5b6
  9. #fbeece
  10. #fdf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaa80c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaa80c
  2. #dfa418
  3. #d5a023
  4. #ca9c2f
  5. #c0983a
  6. #b59446
  7. #aa9052
  8. #a08c5d
  9. #958869
  10. #8b8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccaf8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1ba1b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff958f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3a900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcb316 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f79d72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaa80c {
  color: #eaa80c;
}
Background
.bg-eaa80c {
  background-color: #eaa80c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaa80c {
  border: 2px solid #eaa80c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaa80c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 168 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaa80c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaa80c, #bdea0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaa80c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 168 12 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.10 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.47 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.21 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.76 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.86 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.30 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.33 #1557f3 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eaa80c  rgb(234, 168, 12)  hsl(42, 90%, 48%)  Marigold
#0c4eea  rgb(12, 78, 234)  hsl(222, 90%, 48%)  Iris
#0ceaa8  rgb(12, 234, 168)  hsl(162, 90%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#a80cea  rgb(168, 12, 234)  hsl(282, 90%, 48%)  Vivid Violet