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#EEA805

#eea805 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eea805 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 65.88% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 29.41% magenta, 97.9% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 41.97°, with 95.88% saturation and 47.65% 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 10.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 2.74.

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Relative luminance0.4619

Complementary

  1. #eea805
  2. #054bee

Split complementary

  1. #eea805
  2. #05c0ee
  3. #3305ee

Analogous

  1. #ee3305
  2. #eea805
  3. #c0ee05

Triadic

  1. #eea805
  2. #05eea8
  3. #a805ee

Tetradic

  1. #eea805
  2. #4bee05
  3. #054bee
  4. #a805ee

Square

  1. #eea805
  2. #05ee33
  3. #054bee
  4. #ee05c0

Monochromatic

  1. #583e02
  2. #a37303
  3. #eea805
  4. #fbc444
  5. #fddc8f

Shades

#eea805 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eea805
  2. #d69705
  3. #be8604
  4. #a77604
  5. #8f6503
  6. #775403
  7. #5f4302
  8. #473202
  9. #302201
  10. #181101
  11. #000000

Tints

#eea805 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eea805
  2. #f0b11e
  3. #f1b937
  4. #f3c250
  5. #f5cb69
  6. #f7d482
  7. #f8dc9b
  8. #fae5b4
  9. #fceecd
  10. #fdf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eea805 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eea805
  2. #e3a411
  3. #d8a01e
  4. #cd9c2a
  5. #c29836
  6. #b79443
  7. #ac904f
  8. #a18c5b
  9. #968867
  10. #8b8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ceb090 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3bc16 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff948f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5aa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #deb411 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb9d71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eea805 {
  color: #eea805;
}
Background
.bg-eea805 {
  background-color: #eea805;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eea805 {
  border: 2px solid #eea805;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eea805;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 168 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 96% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eea805 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eea805, #c0ee05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eea805 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 168 5 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.74 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.00 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.40 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.84 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.78 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.20 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.35 #1157fa Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eea805  rgb(238, 168, 5)  hsl(42, 96%, 48%)  Marigold
#054bee  rgb(5, 75, 238)  hsl(222, 96%, 48%)  Iris
#05eea8  rgb(5, 238, 168)  hsl(162, 96%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#a805ee  rgb(168, 5, 238)  hsl(282, 96%, 48%)  Vivid Violet