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#CEA124

#cea124 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cea124 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 63.14% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.84% magenta, 82.52% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 44.12°, 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 8.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.58.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3874

Complementary

  1. #cea124
  2. #2451ce

Split complementary

  1. #cea124
  2. #24a6ce
  3. #4c24ce

Analogous

  1. #ce4c24
  2. #cea124
  3. #a6ce24

Triadic

  1. #cea124
  2. #24cea1
  3. #a124ce

Tetradic

  1. #cea124
  2. #51ce24
  3. #2451ce
  4. #a124ce

Square

  1. #cea124
  2. #24ce4c
  3. #2451ce
  4. #ce24a6

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3b0d
  2. #8d6e19
  3. #cea124
  4. #e3bf5c
  5. #eed99d

Shades

#cea124 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cea124
  2. #b99120
  3. #a5811d
  4. #907119
  5. #7c6116
  6. #675112
  7. #52400e
  8. #3e300b
  9. #292007
  10. #151004
  11. #000000

Tints

#cea124 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cea124
  2. #d3aa3a
  3. #d8b450
  4. #ddbd66
  5. #e2c77c
  6. #e7d092
  7. #ebd9a7
  8. #f0e3bd
  9. #f5ecd3
  10. #faf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cea124 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cea124
  2. #c69e2d
  3. #be9a36
  4. #b79740
  5. #af9449
  6. #a79152
  7. #9f8d5b
  8. #978a64
  9. #90876e
  10. #888377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8a586 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ac2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0928a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0a113 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6a829 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9986f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cea124 {
  color: #cea124;
}
Background
.bg-cea124 {
  background-color: #cea124;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cea124 {
  border: 2px solid #cea124;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cea124;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 161 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 70% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cea124 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cea124, #a6ce24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cea124 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 161 36 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.20 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.05 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.16 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.25 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.28 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.35 #315edb Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cea124  rgb(206, 161, 36)  hsl(44, 70%, 47%)  Goldenrod
#2451ce  rgb(36, 81, 206)  hsl(224, 70%, 47%)  Sapphire
#24cea1  rgb(36, 206, 161)  hsl(164, 70%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#a124ce  rgb(161, 36, 206)  hsl(284, 70%, 47%)  Dark Orchid