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#CEA331

#cea331 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cea331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 63.92% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.87% magenta, 76.21% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 43.57°, 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 8.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.96.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3954

Complementary

  1. #cea331
  2. #315cce

Split complementary

  1. #cea331
  2. #31aace
  3. #5531ce

Analogous

  1. #ce5531
  2. #cea331
  3. #aace31

Triadic

  1. #cea331
  2. #31cea3
  3. #a331ce

Tetradic

  1. #cea331
  2. #5cce31
  3. #315cce
  4. #a331ce

Square

  1. #cea331
  2. #31ce55
  3. #315cce
  4. #ce31aa

Monochromatic

  1. #524114
  2. #907222
  3. #cea331
  4. #ddbf6f
  5. #ebdaad

Shades

#cea331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cea331
  2. #b9932c
  3. #a58227
  4. #907222
  5. #7c621d
  6. #675219
  7. #524114
  8. #3e310f
  9. #29210a
  10. #151005
  11. #000000

Tints

#cea331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cea331
  2. #d3ac46
  3. #d8b55a
  4. #ddbf6f
  5. #e2c883
  6. #e7d198
  7. #ebdaad
  8. #f0e3c1
  9. #f5edd6
  10. #faf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cea331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cea331
  2. #c6a039
  3. #be9c41
  4. #b79949
  5. #af9551
  6. #a79259
  7. #9f8e60
  8. #978b68
  9. #908770
  10. #888478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9a689 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a21d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ae37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df948d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a226 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6a935 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d99a73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cea331 {
  color: #cea331;
}
Background
.bg-cea331 {
  background-color: #cea331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cea331 {
  border: 2px solid #cea331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cea331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 163 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 62% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cea331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cea331, #aace31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cea331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 163 49 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.96 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.67 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.68 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.62 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.49 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.63 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.00 #315cce Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cea331  rgb(206, 163, 49)  hsl(44, 62%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#315cce  rgb(49, 92, 206)  hsl(224, 62%, 50%)  Denim
#31cea3  rgb(49, 206, 163)  hsl(164, 62%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a331ce  rgb(163, 49, 206)  hsl(284, 62%, 50%)  Dark Orchid