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#ECA91C

#eca91c ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eca91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.39% magenta, 88.14% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 40.67°, with 84.55% saturation and 51.76% 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 10.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 2.61.

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Relative luminance0.4629

Complementary

  1. #eca91c
  2. #1c5fec

Split complementary

  1. #eca91c
  2. #1cc7ec
  3. #411cec

Analogous

  1. #ec411c
  2. #eca91c
  3. #c7ec1c

Triadic

  1. #eca91c
  2. #1ceca9
  3. #a91cec

Tetradic

  1. #eca91c
  2. #5fec1c
  3. #1c5fec
  4. #a91cec

Square

  1. #eca91c
  2. #1cec41
  3. #1c5fec
  4. #ec1cc7

Monochromatic

  1. #664809
  2. #ad7a0e
  3. #eca91c
  4. #f2c463
  5. #f8dea9

Shades

#eca91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eca91c
  2. #d49819
  3. #bd8716
  4. #a57614
  5. #8e6511
  6. #76550e
  7. #5e440b
  8. #473308
  9. #2f2206
  10. #181103
  11. #000000

Tints

#eca91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eca91c
  2. #eeb233
  3. #f0ba49
  4. #f2c360
  5. #f4cb77
  6. #f6d48e
  7. #f7dda4
  8. #f9e5bb
  9. #fbeed2
  10. #fdf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eca91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eca91c
  2. #e1a526
  3. #d6a130
  4. #cc9d3a
  5. #c19944
  6. #b6954e
  7. #ab9058
  8. #a08c62
  9. #96886c
  10. #8b8476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdb091 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc25 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9691 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4aa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddb522 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f99e74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eca91c {
  color: #eca91c;
}
Background
.bg-eca91c {
  background-color: #eca91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eca91c {
  border: 2px solid #eca91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eca91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 85% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eca91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eca91c, #c7ec1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eca91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.61 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.89 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.04 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.22 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.49 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.96 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.01 #1356e3 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eca91c  rgb(236, 169, 28)  hsl(41, 85%, 52%)  Marigold
#1c5fec  rgb(28, 95, 236)  hsl(221, 85%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#1ceca9  rgb(28, 236, 169)  hsl(161, 85%, 52%)  Medium Spring Green
#a91cec  rgb(169, 28, 236)  hsl(281, 85%, 52%)  Vivid Violet