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#EEAA05

#eeaa05 ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeaa05 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 66.67% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 97.9% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.49°, 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 10.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 3.4.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4694

Complementary

  1. #eeaa05
  2. #0549ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeaa05
  2. #05beee
  3. #3605ee

Analogous

  1. #ee3605
  2. #eeaa05
  3. #beee05

Triadic

  1. #eeaa05
  2. #05eeaa
  3. #aa05ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeaa05
  2. #49ee05
  3. #0549ee
  4. #aa05ee

Square

  1. #eeaa05
  2. #05ee36
  3. #0549ee
  4. #ee05be

Monochromatic

  1. #583f02
  2. #a37403
  3. #eeaa05
  4. #fbc644
  5. #fddd8f

Shades

#eeaa05 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeaa05
  2. #d69905
  3. #be8804
  4. #a77704
  5. #8f6603
  6. #775503
  7. #5f4402
  8. #473302
  9. #302201
  10. #181101
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeaa05 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeaa05
  2. #f0b31e
  3. #f1bb37
  4. #f3c450
  5. #f5cc69
  6. #f7d582
  7. #f8dd9b
  8. #fae6b4
  9. #fceecd
  10. #fdf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeaa05 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeaa05
  2. #e3a611
  3. #d8a21e
  4. #cd9d2a
  5. #c29936
  6. #b79543
  7. #ac914f
  8. #a18d5b
  9. #968867
  10. #8b8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfb191 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bd17 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9791 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6ab00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfb611 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb9f73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeaa05 {
  color: #eeaa05;
}
Background
.bg-eeaa05 {
  background-color: #eeaa05;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeaa05 {
  border: 2px solid #eeaa05;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeaa05;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 170 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 96% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeaa05 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeaa05, #beee05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeaa05 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 170 5 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.40 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.17 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.66 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 5.43 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.71 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.95 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.02 #1155fa Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eeaa05  rgb(238, 170, 5)  hsl(42, 96%, 48%)  Marigold
#0549ee  rgb(5, 73, 238)  hsl(222, 96%, 48%)  Iris
#05eeaa  rgb(5, 238, 170)  hsl(162, 96%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#aa05ee  rgb(170, 5, 238)  hsl(282, 96%, 48%)  Vivid Violet