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#E2A402

#e2a402 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e2a402 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 64.31% green and 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 99.12% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 43.39°, with 98.25% saturation and 44.71% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.27.

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Relative luminance0.4272

Complementary

  1. #e2a402
  2. #0240e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2a402
  2. #02b0e2
  3. #3402e2

Analogous

  1. #e23402
  2. #e2a402
  3. #b0e202

Triadic

  1. #e2a402
  2. #02e2a4
  3. #a402e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2a402
  2. #40e202
  3. #0240e2
  4. #a402e2

Square

  1. #e2a402
  2. #02e234
  3. #0240e2
  4. #e202b0

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3601
  2. #966d01
  3. #e2a402
  4. #fdc533
  5. #fedb7f

Shades

#e2a402 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2a402
  2. #cb9402
  3. #b58302
  4. #9e7301
  5. #886201
  6. #715201
  7. #5a4201
  8. #443101
  9. #2d2100
  10. #171000
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2a402 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2a402
  2. #e5ad1b
  3. #e8b635
  4. #ebbf4e
  5. #eec867
  6. #f1d281
  7. #f3db9a
  8. #f6e4b3
  9. #f9edcc
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2a402 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2a402
  2. #d8a00f
  3. #ce9d1b
  4. #c59928
  5. #bb9634
  6. #b19241
  7. #a78e4e
  8. #9d8b5a
  9. #948767
  10. #8a8473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5ab8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb515 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7928c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cda500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5af0f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ef996e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2a402 {
  color: #e2a402;
}
Background
.bg-e2a402 {
  background-color: #e2a402;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2a402 {
  border: 2px solid #e2a402;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2a402;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 164 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 98% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2a402 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2a402, #b0e202);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2a402 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 164 2 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.27 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.64 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.09 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.78 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.97 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.37 #1d5bfd Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#e2a402  rgb(226, 164, 2)  hsl(43, 98%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0240e2  rgb(2, 64, 226)  hsl(223, 98%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#02e2a4  rgb(2, 226, 164)  hsl(163, 98%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a402e2  rgb(164, 2, 226)  hsl(283, 98%, 45%)  Dark Violet