Palettes / Colors / #E8A702

#E8A702 — Vivid Yellow

#E8A702 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orange (#FFA500) — not an exact match. CSS orange gives you #FFA500, a different color; use #E8A702 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#E8A702 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0243E8; it also sits naturally between #E83402 and #B6E802. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 91% · Green 65% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 99% · Key 9%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #E8A702

.text { color: #E8A702; }
.background { background-color: #E8A702; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E8A702; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(232, 167, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 98%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E8A702; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(232, 167, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E8A702; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(232, 167, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E8A702">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E8A702">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #0243E8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E8A702: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E8A702

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #E8A702 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E8A702 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #E8A702?

#E8A702 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 232, 167, 2). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E8A702?

#E8A702 is RGB 232, 167, 2 — HSL 43°, 98%, 46% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 99%, 9%.

What colors go with #E8A702?

Its complement is #0243E8; analogous partners are #E83402 and #B6E802. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E8A702 for text?

Black text on #E8A702 has a contrast ratio of 9.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.11:1.