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#ECA006

#eca006 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eca006 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 62.75% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 32.2% magenta, 97.46% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 40.17°, with 95.04% saturation and 47.45% 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 9.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 1.2.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4299

Complementary

  1. #eca006
  2. #0652ec

Split complementary

  1. #eca006
  2. #06c5ec
  3. #2d06ec

Analogous

  1. #ec2d06
  2. #eca006
  3. #c5ec06

Triadic

  1. #eca006
  2. #06eca0
  3. #a006ec

Tetradic

  1. #eca006
  2. #52ec06
  3. #0652ec
  4. #a006ec

Square

  1. #eca006
  2. #06ec2d
  3. #0652ec
  4. #ec06c5

Monochromatic

  1. #573b02
  2. #a16d04
  3. #eca006
  4. #fabe44
  5. #fcd88f

Shades

#eca006 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eca006
  2. #d49005
  3. #bd8005
  4. #a57004
  5. #8e6004
  6. #765003
  7. #5e4002
  8. #473002
  9. #2f2001
  10. #181001
  11. #000000

Tints

#eca006 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eca006
  2. #eeaa1f
  3. #f0b338
  4. #f2bd51
  5. #f4c66a
  6. #f6d083
  7. #f7d99b
  8. #f9e3b4
  9. #fbeccd
  10. #fdf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eca006 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eca006
  2. #e19d12
  3. #d69a1e
  4. #cc962b
  5. #c19337
  6. #b69043
  7. #ab8d4f
  8. #a08a5b
  9. #968668
  10. #8b8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #caa98b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb714 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff8c88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #daae0f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9946c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eca006 {
  color: #eca006;
}
Background
.bg-eca006 {
  background-color: #eca006;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eca006 {
  border: 2px solid #eca006;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eca006;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 160 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 95% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eca006 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eca006, #c5ec06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eca006 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 160 6 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.20 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 1.77 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 3.68 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 4.68 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 5.59 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.68 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.89 #135ff9 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Marigold
#eca006  rgb(236, 160, 6)  hsl(40, 95%, 47%)  Marigold
#0652ec  rgb(6, 82, 236)  hsl(220, 95%, 47%)  Sapphire
#06eca0  rgb(6, 236, 160)  hsl(160, 95%, 47%)  Medium Spring Green
#a006ec  rgb(160, 6, 236)  hsl(280, 95%, 47%)  Vivid Violet