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#CE9924

#ce9924 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ce9924 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 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.73% magenta, 82.52% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 41.29°, with 70.25% saturation and 47.45% 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 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.8.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3603

Complementary

  1. #ce9924
  2. #2459ce

Split complementary

  1. #ce9924
  2. #24aece
  3. #4424ce

Analogous

  1. #ce4424
  2. #ce9924
  3. #aece24

Triadic

  1. #ce9924
  2. #24ce99
  3. #9924ce

Tetradic

  1. #ce9924
  2. #59ce24
  3. #2459ce
  4. #9924ce

Square

  1. #ce9924
  2. #24ce44
  3. #2459ce
  4. #ce24ae

Monochromatic

  1. #4c380d
  2. #8d6919
  3. #ce9924
  4. #e3b95c
  5. #eed59d

Shades

#ce9924 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce9924
  2. #b98a20
  3. #a57a1d
  4. #906b19
  5. #7c5c16
  6. #674d12
  7. #523d0e
  8. #3e2e0b
  9. #291f07
  10. #150f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce9924 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce9924
  2. #d3a33a
  3. #d8ad50
  4. #ddb866
  5. #e2c27c
  6. #e7cc92
  7. #ebd6a7
  8. #f0e0bd
  9. #f5ebd3
  10. #faf5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce9924 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce9924
  2. #c6972d
  3. #be9436
  4. #b79240
  5. #af8f49
  6. #a78d52
  7. #9f8a5b
  8. #978864
  9. #90856e
  10. #888377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b59e82 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9a03 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba72a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e08983 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc9a15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a228 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9906a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce9924 {
  color: #ce9924;
}
Background
.bg-ce9924 {
  background-color: #ce9924;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce9924 {
  border: 2px solid #ce9924;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce9924;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 70% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce9924 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce9924, #aece24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce9924 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 36 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.80 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.12 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.85 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.20 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.26 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.39 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.36 #3166db Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ce9924  rgb(206, 153, 36)  hsl(41, 70%, 47%)  Goldenrod
#2459ce  rgb(36, 89, 206)  hsl(221, 70%, 47%)  Sapphire
#24ce99  rgb(36, 206, 153)  hsl(161, 70%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#9924ce  rgb(153, 36, 206)  hsl(281, 70%, 47%)  Dark Orchid