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#CEA02F

#cea02f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cea02f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 62.75% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.33% magenta, 77.18% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 42.64°, with 62.85% saturation and 49.61% 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 8.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.81.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3847

Complementary

  1. #cea02f
  2. #2f5dce

Split complementary

  1. #cea02f
  2. #2fadce
  3. #502fce

Analogous

  1. #ce502f
  2. #cea02f
  3. #adce2f

Triadic

  1. #cea02f
  2. #2fcea0
  3. #a02fce

Tetradic

  1. #cea02f
  2. #5dce2f
  3. #2f5dce
  4. #a02fce

Square

  1. #cea02f
  2. #2fce50
  3. #2f5dce
  4. #ce2fad

Monochromatic

  1. #513f13
  2. #907021
  3. #cea02f
  4. #ddbd6c
  5. #ecd9aa

Shades

#cea02f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cea02f
  2. #b9902a
  3. #a58026
  4. #907021
  5. #7c601c
  6. #675018
  7. #524013
  8. #3e300e
  9. #292009
  10. #151005
  11. #000000

Tints

#cea02f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cea02f
  2. #d3aa44
  3. #d8b359
  4. #ddbd6d
  5. #e2c682
  6. #e7d097
  7. #ebd9ac
  8. #f0e3c1
  9. #f5ecd5
  10. #faf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cea02f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cea02f
  2. #c69d37
  3. #be9a3f
  4. #b79647
  5. #af934f
  6. #a79058
  7. #9f8d60
  8. #978a68
  9. #908670
  10. #888378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8a487 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a01a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfac35 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0918a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa024 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5a733 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d99771 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cea02f {
  color: #cea02f;
}
Background
.bg-cea02f {
  background-color: #cea02f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cea02f {
  border: 2px solid #cea02f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cea02f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 160 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 63% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cea02f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cea02f, #adce2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cea02f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 160 47 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.81 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.78 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.41 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.72 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.79 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.50 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.78 #315fd0 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cea02f  rgb(206, 160, 47)  hsl(43, 63%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#2f5dce  rgb(47, 93, 206)  hsl(223, 63%, 50%)  Denim
#2fcea0  rgb(47, 206, 160)  hsl(163, 63%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a02fce  rgb(160, 47, 206)  hsl(283, 63%, 50%)  Dark Orchid