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#E0A00A

#e0a00a ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e0a00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.84% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.57% magenta, 95.54% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 42.06°, with 91.45% saturation and 45.88% 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 9.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 2.84.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4101

Complementary

  1. #e0a00a
  2. #0a4ae0

Split complementary

  1. #e0a00a
  2. #0ab5e0
  3. #350ae0

Analogous

  1. #e0350a
  2. #e0a00a
  3. #b5e00a

Triadic

  1. #e0a00a
  2. #0ae0a0
  3. #a00ae0

Tetradic

  1. #e0a00a
  2. #4ae00a
  3. #0a4ae0
  4. #a00ae0

Square

  1. #e0a00a
  2. #0ae035
  3. #0a4ae0
  4. #e00ab5

Monochromatic

  1. #4e3703
  2. #976c07
  3. #e0a00a
  4. #f6c040
  5. #fad889

Shades

#e0a00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e0a00a
  2. #ca9009
  3. #b38008
  4. #9d7007
  5. #866006
  6. #705005
  7. #5a4004
  8. #433003
  9. #2d2002
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#e0a00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e0a00a
  2. #e3aa23
  3. #e6b33b
  4. #e9bd54
  5. #ecc66c
  6. #f0d085
  7. #f3d99d
  8. #f6e3b6
  9. #f9ecce
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e0a00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e0a00a
  2. #d69d16
  3. #cd9a22
  4. #c3962d
  5. #ba9339
  6. #b09045
  7. #a68d51
  8. #9d8a5d
  9. #938668
  10. #8a8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3a788 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b218 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f48e88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2ab13 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ed956c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e0a00a {
  color: #e0a00a;
}
Background
.bg-e0a00a {
  background-color: #e0a00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e0a00a {
  border: 2px solid #e0a00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e0a00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 91% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e0a00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e0a00a, #b5e00a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e0a00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.84 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 2.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.88 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.58 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.07 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.62 #1f5ff5 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Gamboge
#e0a00a  rgb(224, 160, 10)  hsl(42, 91%, 46%)  Gamboge
#0a4ae0  rgb(10, 74, 224)  hsl(222, 91%, 46%)  Sapphire
#0ae0a0  rgb(10, 224, 160)  hsl(162, 91%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#a00ae0  rgb(160, 10, 224)  hsl(282, 91%, 46%)  Dark Violet