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#EEA42E

#eea42e ≈ Marigold

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eea42e is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 64.31% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.09% magenta, 80.67% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 36.88°, with 84.96% saturation and 55.69% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 1.43.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4493

Complementary

  1. #eea42e
  2. #2e78ee

Split complementary

  1. #eea42e
  2. #2ed8ee
  3. #442eee

Analogous

  1. #ee442e
  2. #eea42e
  3. #d8ee2e

Triadic

  1. #eea42e
  2. #2eeea4
  3. #a42eee

Tetradic

  1. #eea42e
  2. #78ee2e
  3. #2e78ee
  4. #a42eee

Square

  1. #eea42e
  2. #2eee44
  3. #2e78ee
  4. #ee2ed8

Monochromatic

  1. #794e0a
  2. #c07c10
  3. #eea42e
  4. #f4c375
  5. #fae2bc

Shades

#eea42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eea42e
  2. #d69429
  3. #be8325
  4. #a77320
  5. #8f621c
  6. #775217
  7. #5f4212
  8. #47310e
  9. #302109
  10. #181005
  11. #000000

Tints

#eea42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eea42e
  2. #f0ad43
  3. #f1b658
  4. #f3bf6d
  5. #f5c882
  6. #f7d297
  7. #f8dbab
  8. #fae4c0
  9. #fcedd5
  10. #fdf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eea42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eea42e
  2. #e3a036
  3. #d89d3e
  4. #cd9947
  5. #c2964f
  6. #b79257
  7. #ac8e5f
  8. #a18b67
  9. #968770
  10. #8b8478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdad90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea815 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfba32 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff918e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3a721 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcb231 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb9973 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eea42e {
  color: #eea42e;
}
Background
.bg-eea42e {
  background-color: #eea42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eea42e {
  border: 2px solid #eea42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eea42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 37 85% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eea42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eea42e, #d8ee2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eea42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.43 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.92 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 3.62 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 3.82 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 4.20 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 4.42 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 4.91 #115bd1 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Marigold
#eea42e  rgb(238, 164, 46)  hsl(37, 85%, 56%)  Marigold
#2e78ee  rgb(46, 120, 238)  hsl(217, 85%, 56%)  Brandeis Blue
#2eeea4  rgb(46, 238, 164)  hsl(157, 85%, 56%)  Medium Spring Green
#a42eee  rgb(164, 46, 238)  hsl(277, 85%, 56%)  Vivid Violet