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#CEA031

#cea031 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cea031 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 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.33% magenta, 76.21% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 42.42°, with 61.57% saturation and 50% 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 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3849

Complementary

  1. #cea031
  2. #315fce

Split complementary

  1. #cea031
  2. #31aece
  3. #5131ce

Analogous

  1. #ce5131
  2. #cea031
  3. #aece31

Triadic

  1. #cea031
  2. #31cea0
  3. #a031ce

Tetradic

  1. #cea031
  2. #5fce31
  3. #315fce
  4. #a031ce

Square

  1. #cea031
  2. #31ce51
  3. #315fce
  4. #ce31ae

Monochromatic

  1. #524014
  2. #907022
  3. #cea031
  4. #ddbc6f
  5. #ebd9ad

Shades

#cea031 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cea031
  2. #b9902c
  3. #a58027
  4. #907022
  5. #7c601d
  6. #675019
  7. #524014
  8. #3e300f
  9. #29200a
  10. #151005
  11. #000000

Tints

#cea031 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cea031
  2. #d3aa46
  3. #d8b35a
  4. #ddbd6f
  5. #e2c683
  6. #e7d098
  7. #ebd9ad
  8. #f0e3c1
  9. #f5ecd6
  10. #faf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cea031 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cea031
  2. #c69d39
  3. #be9a41
  4. #b79649
  5. #af9351
  6. #a79059
  7. #9f8d60
  8. #978a68
  9. #908670
  10. #888378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8a487 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a01e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfac37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0918a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfa027 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5a734 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d99771 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cea031 {
  color: #cea031;
}
Background
.bg-cea031 {
  background-color: #cea031;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cea031 {
  border: 2px solid #cea031;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cea031;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 160 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 62% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cea031 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cea031, #aece31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cea031 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 160 49 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.91 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.85 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.45 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.69 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.75 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.33 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.85 #315fce Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cea031  rgb(206, 160, 49)  hsl(42, 62%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#315fce  rgb(49, 95, 206)  hsl(222, 62%, 50%)  Denim
#31cea0  rgb(49, 206, 160)  hsl(162, 62%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a031ce  rgb(160, 49, 206)  hsl(282, 62%, 50%)  Dark Orchid