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#CEA438

#cea438 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cea438 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 64.31% green and 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.39% magenta, 72.82% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 43.2°, with 60.48% saturation and 51.37% 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 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.34.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3996

Complementary

  1. #cea438
  2. #3862ce

Split complementary

  1. #cea438
  2. #38adce
  3. #5938ce

Analogous

  1. #ce5938
  2. #cea438
  3. #adce38

Triadic

  1. #cea438
  2. #38cea4
  3. #a438ce

Tetradic

  1. #cea438
  2. #62ce38
  3. #3862ce
  4. #a438ce

Square

  1. #cea438
  2. #38ce59
  3. #3862ce
  4. #ce38ad

Monochromatic

  1. #574516
  2. #957525
  3. #cea438
  4. #ddc075
  5. #ecdcb3

Shades

#cea438 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cea438
  2. #b99432
  3. #a5832d
  4. #907327
  5. #7c6222
  6. #67521c
  7. #524216
  8. #3e3111
  9. #29210b
  10. #151006
  11. #000000

Tints

#cea438 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cea438
  2. #d3ad4c
  3. #d8b660
  4. #ddbf74
  5. #e2c888
  6. #e7d29c
  7. #ebdbaf
  8. #f0e4c3
  9. #f5edd7
  10. #faf6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cea438 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cea438
  2. #c6a03f
  3. #be9d46
  4. #b7994e
  5. #af9655
  6. #a7925c
  7. #9f8e63
  8. #978b6a
  9. #908772
  10. #888479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9a78a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a328 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2ae3d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df968e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a32f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7aa3b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d99c75 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cea438 {
  color: #cea438;
}
Background
.bg-cea438 {
  background-color: #cea438;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cea438 {
  border: 2px solid #cea438;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cea438;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 164 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 60% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cea438 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cea438, #adce38);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cea438 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 164 56 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.58 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.47 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.63 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.65 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.73 #315bc7 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cea438  rgb(206, 164, 56)  hsl(43, 60%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#3862ce  rgb(56, 98, 206)  hsl(223, 60%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#38cea4  rgb(56, 206, 164)  hsl(163, 60%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#a438ce  rgb(164, 56, 206)  hsl(283, 60%, 51%)  Dark Orchid