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#EEA80E

#eea80e ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eea80e 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 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 29.41% magenta, 94.12% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 41.25°, with 88.89% saturation and 49.41% 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 2.51.

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Relative luminance0.4621

Complementary

  1. #eea80e
  2. #0e54ee

Split complementary

  1. #eea80e
  2. #0ec4ee
  3. #380eee

Analogous

  1. #ee380e
  2. #eea80e
  3. #c4ee0e

Triadic

  1. #eea80e
  2. #0eeea8
  3. #a80eee

Tetradic

  1. #eea80e
  2. #54ee0e
  3. #0e54ee
  4. #a80eee

Square

  1. #eea80e
  2. #0eee38
  3. #0e54ee
  4. #ee0ec4

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4205
  2. #a6750a
  3. #eea80e
  4. #f5c254
  5. #f9dc9c

Shades

#eea80e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eea80e
  2. #d6970d
  3. #be860b
  4. #a7760a
  5. #8f6508
  6. #775407
  7. #5f4306
  8. #473204
  9. #302203
  10. #181101
  11. #000000

Tints

#eea80e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eea80e
  2. #f0b126
  3. #f1b93e
  4. #f3c256
  5. #f5cb6e
  6. #f7d487
  7. #f8dc9f
  8. #fae5b7
  9. #fceecf
  10. #fdf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eea80e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eea80e
  2. #e3a419
  3. #d8a025
  4. #cd9c30
  5. #c2983c
  6. #b79447
  7. #ac9052
  8. #a18c5e
  9. #968869
  10. #8b8475
  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 #d3bc1b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff948f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5aa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #deb417 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb9d72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eea80e {
  color: #eea80e;
}
Background
.bg-eea80e {
  background-color: #eea80e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eea80e {
  border: 2px solid #eea80e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eea80e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 168 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 89% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eea80e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eea80e, #c4ee0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eea80e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 168 14 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.51 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.87 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.42 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.71 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.55 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 5.96 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 6.42 #1157f1 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eea80e  rgb(238, 168, 14)  hsl(41, 89%, 49%)  Marigold
#0e54ee  rgb(14, 84, 238)  hsl(221, 89%, 49%)  Ultramarine Blue
#0eeea8  rgb(14, 238, 168)  hsl(161, 89%, 49%)  Medium Spring Green
#a80eee  rgb(168, 14, 238)  hsl(281, 89%, 49%)  Vivid Violet