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#EAAA1D

#eaaa1d ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaaa1d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 66.67% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.35% magenta, 87.61% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 41.27°, with 83% saturation and 51.57% 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 10.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 3.26.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4633

Complementary

  1. #eaaa1d
  2. #1d5dea

Split complementary

  1. #eaaa1d
  2. #1dc3ea
  3. #441dea

Analogous

  1. #ea441d
  2. #eaaa1d
  3. #c3ea1d

Triadic

  1. #eaaa1d
  2. #1deaaa
  3. #aa1dea

Tetradic

  1. #eaaa1d
  2. #5dea1d
  3. #1d5dea
  4. #aa1dea

Square

  1. #eaaa1d
  2. #1dea44
  3. #1d5dea
  4. #ea1dc3

Monochromatic

  1. #654809
  2. #ab7a10
  3. #eaaa1d
  4. #f1c463
  5. #f7dfa9

Shades

#eaaa1d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaaa1d
  2. #d3991a
  3. #bb8817
  4. #a47714
  5. #8c6611
  6. #75550f
  7. #5e440c
  8. #463309
  9. #2f2206
  10. #171103
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaaa1d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaaa1d
  2. #ecb334
  3. #eebb4a
  4. #f0c461
  5. #f2cc77
  6. #f5d58e
  7. #f7dda5
  8. #f9e6bb
  9. #fbeed2
  10. #fdf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaaa1d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaaa1d
  2. #dfa627
  3. #d5a231
  4. #ca9d3b
  5. #c09945
  6. #b5954f
  7. #aa9158
  8. #a08d62
  9. #95886c
  10. #8b8476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccb191 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc26 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9792 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4ab00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcb523 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f79f74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaaa1d {
  color: #eaaa1d;
}
Background
.bg-eaaa1d {
  background-color: #eaaa1d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaaa1d {
  border: 2px solid #eaaa1d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaaa1d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 170 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 83% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaaa1d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaaa1d, #c3ea1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaaa1d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 170 29 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.26 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.30 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.56 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.25 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.99 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.00 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.07 #1555e2 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eaaa1d  rgb(234, 170, 29)  hsl(41, 83%, 52%)  Marigold
#1d5dea  rgb(29, 93, 234)  hsl(221, 83%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#1deaaa  rgb(29, 234, 170)  hsl(161, 83%, 52%)  Medium Spring Green
#aa1dea  rgb(170, 29, 234)  hsl(281, 83%, 52%)  Vivid Violet