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#AE900E

#ae900e ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ae900e is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 56.47% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.24% magenta, 91.95% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 48.75°, with 85.11% saturation and 36.86% 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 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 6.53.

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Relative luminance0.2898

Complementary

  1. #ae900e
  2. #0e2cae

Split complementary

  1. #ae900e
  2. #0e7cae
  3. #400eae

Analogous

  1. #ae400e
  2. #ae900e
  3. #7cae0e

Triadic

  1. #ae900e
  2. #0eae90
  3. #900eae

Tetradic

  1. #ae900e
  2. #2cae0e
  3. #0e2cae
  4. #900eae

Square

  1. #ae900e
  2. #0eae40
  3. #0e2cae
  4. #ae0e7c

Monochromatic

  1. #201b03
  2. #675508
  3. #ae900e
  4. #edc61c
  5. #f2d763

Shades

#ae900e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae900e
  2. #9d820d
  3. #8b730b
  4. #7a650a
  5. #685608
  6. #574807
  7. #463a06
  8. #342b04
  9. #231d03
  10. #110e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae900e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae900e
  2. #b69b26
  3. #bea63e
  4. #c6b156
  5. #cebc6e
  6. #d7c887
  7. #dfd39f
  8. #e7deb7
  9. #efe9cf
  10. #f7f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae900e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae900e
  2. #a98e19
  3. #a58d25
  4. #a08b30
  5. #9c8a3c
  6. #978847
  7. #928652
  8. #8e855e
  9. #898369
  10. #858275
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e9274 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a18d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9961b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd837a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a68e00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ab9417 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b78861 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae900e {
  color: #ae900e;
}
Background
.bg-ae900e {
  background-color: #ae900e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae900e {
  border: 2px solid #ae900e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae900e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 144 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 85% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae900e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae900e, #7cae0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae900e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 144 14 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.53 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.90 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.77 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.83 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 10.78 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 11.15 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.78 #516ff1 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ae900e  rgb(174, 144, 14)  hsl(49, 85%, 37%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0e2cae  rgb(14, 44, 174)  hsl(229, 85%, 37%)  Egyptian Blue
#0eae90  rgb(14, 174, 144)  hsl(169, 85%, 37%)  Jungle Green
#900eae  rgb(144, 14, 174)  hsl(289, 85%, 37%)  Dark Violet