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#ECA618

#eca618 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eca618 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 65.1% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 29.66% magenta, 89.83% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 40.19°, with 84.8% saturation and 50.98% 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 1.67.

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Relative luminance0.4517

Complementary

  1. #eca618
  2. #185eec

Split complementary

  1. #eca618
  2. #18c8ec
  3. #3c18ec

Analogous

  1. #ec3c18
  2. #eca618
  3. #c8ec18

Triadic

  1. #eca618
  2. #18eca6
  3. #a618ec

Tetradic

  1. #eca618
  2. #5eec18
  3. #185eec
  4. #a618ec

Square

  1. #eca618
  2. #18ec3c
  3. #185eec
  4. #ec18c8

Monochromatic

  1. #634508
  2. #aa760e
  3. #eca618
  4. #f2c15f
  5. #f8dca5

Shades

#eca618 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eca618
  2. #d49516
  3. #bd8513
  4. #a57411
  5. #8e640e
  6. #76530c
  7. #5e420a
  8. #473207
  9. #2f2105
  10. #181102
  11. #000000

Tints

#eca618 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eca618
  2. #eeaf2f
  3. #f0b846
  4. #f2c15d
  5. #f4ca74
  6. #f6d38c
  7. #f7dba3
  8. #f9e4ba
  9. #fbedd1
  10. #fdf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eca618 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eca618
  2. #e1a222
  3. #d69e2d
  4. #cc9b37
  5. #c19742
  6. #b6934c
  7. #ab8f56
  8. #a08b61
  9. #96886b
  10. #8b8476
  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 #ccae8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1ba21 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff938e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3a800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcb21e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f99b71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eca618 {
  color: #eca618;
}
Background
.bg-eca618 {
  background-color: #eca618;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eca618 {
  border: 2px solid #eca618;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eca618;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 166 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 85% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eca618 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eca618, #c8ec18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eca618 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 166 24 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.67 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.12 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.38 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.51 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.38 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 5.63 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 6.02 #1359e7 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eca618  rgb(236, 166, 24)  hsl(40, 85%, 51%)  Marigold
#185eec  rgb(24, 94, 236)  hsl(220, 85%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#18eca6  rgb(24, 236, 166)  hsl(160, 85%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#a618ec  rgb(166, 24, 236)  hsl(280, 85%, 51%)  Vivid Violet