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#CE9918

#ce9918 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ce9918 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 60% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.73% magenta, 88.35% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 42.53°, with 79.13% saturation and 45.1% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.51.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3597

Complementary

  1. #ce9918
  2. #184dce

Split complementary

  1. #ce9918
  2. #18a8ce
  3. #3e18ce

Analogous

  1. #ce3e18
  2. #ce9918
  3. #a8ce18

Triadic

  1. #ce9918
  2. #18ce99
  3. #9918ce

Tetradic

  1. #ce9918
  2. #4dce18
  3. #184dce
  4. #9918ce

Square

  1. #ce9918
  2. #18ce3e
  3. #184dce
  4. #ce18a8

Monochromatic

  1. #453308
  2. #896610
  3. #ce9918
  4. #eabb49
  5. #f2d48d

Shades

#ce9918 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce9918
  2. #b98a16
  3. #a57a13
  4. #906b11
  5. #7c5c0e
  6. #674d0c
  7. #523d0a
  8. #3e2e07
  9. #291f05
  10. #150f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce9918 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce9918
  2. #d3a32f
  3. #d8ad46
  4. #ddb85d
  5. #e2c274
  6. #e7cc8c
  7. #ebd6a3
  8. #f0e0ba
  9. #f5ebd1
  10. #faf5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce9918 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce9918
  2. #c69722
  3. #be942d
  4. #b79237
  5. #af8f42
  6. #a78d4c
  7. #9f8a56
  8. #978861
  9. #90856b
  10. #888376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b59e81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba721 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e08983 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc9900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a21e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d99068 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce9918 {
  color: #ce9918;
}
Background
.bg-ce9918 {
  background-color: #ce9918;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce9918 {
  border: 2px solid #ce9918;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce9918;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 79% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce9918 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce9918, #a8ce18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce9918 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 24 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.51 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.30 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.05 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.26 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.07 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.12 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.23 #3166e7 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ce9918  rgb(206, 153, 24)  hsl(43, 79%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#184dce  rgb(24, 77, 206)  hsl(223, 79%, 45%)  Sapphire
#18ce99  rgb(24, 206, 153)  hsl(163, 79%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#9918ce  rgb(153, 24, 206)  hsl(283, 79%, 45%)  Dark Violet