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#EEA614

#eea614 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eea614 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 65.1% green and 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.25% magenta, 91.6% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 40.18°, with 86.51% saturation and 50.59% 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 1.67.

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Relative luminance0.455

Complementary

  1. #eea614
  2. #145cee

Split complementary

  1. #eea614
  2. #14c9ee
  3. #3914ee

Analogous

  1. #ee3914
  2. #eea614
  3. #c9ee14

Triadic

  1. #eea614
  2. #14eea6
  3. #a614ee

Tetradic

  1. #eea614
  2. #5cee14
  3. #145cee
  4. #a614ee

Square

  1. #eea614
  2. #14ee39
  3. #145cee
  4. #ee14c9

Monochromatic

  1. #624407
  2. #a9750c
  3. #eea614
  4. #f3c15b
  5. #f8dca3

Shades

#eea614 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eea614
  2. #d69512
  3. #be8510
  4. #a7740e
  5. #8f640c
  6. #77530a
  7. #5f4208
  8. #473206
  9. #302104
  10. #181102
  11. #000000

Tints

#eea614 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eea614
  2. #f0af2c
  3. #f1b843
  4. #f3c15b
  5. #f5ca72
  6. #f7d38a
  7. #f8dba1
  8. #fae4b9
  9. #fcedd0
  10. #fdf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eea614 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eea614
  2. #e3a21f
  3. #d89e2a
  4. #cd9b34
  5. #c2973f
  6. #b7934a
  7. #ac8f55
  8. #a18b60
  9. #96886a
  10. #8b8475
  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 #ceae8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bb1e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff928e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4a800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddb31a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb9b71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eea614 {
  color: #eea614;
}
Background
.bg-eea614 {
  background-color: #eea614;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eea614 {
  border: 2px solid #eea614;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eea614;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 166 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eea614 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eea614, #c9ee14);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eea614 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 166 20 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.67 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.15 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.07 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.83 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.21 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 5.40 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.63 #1159eb Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eea614  rgb(238, 166, 20)  hsl(40, 87%, 51%)  Marigold
#145cee  rgb(20, 92, 238)  hsl(220, 87%, 51%)  Ultramarine Blue
#14eea6  rgb(20, 238, 166)  hsl(160, 87%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#a614ee  rgb(166, 20, 238)  hsl(280, 87%, 51%)  Vivid Violet