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#E2AA07

#e2aa07 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e2aa07 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 66.67% green and 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.78% magenta, 96.9% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 44.66°, with 93.99% saturation and 45.69% 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 9.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.16.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4493

Complementary

  1. #e2aa07
  2. #073fe2

Split complementary

  1. #e2aa07
  2. #07ade2
  3. #3d07e2

Analogous

  1. #e23d07
  2. #e2aa07
  3. #ade207

Triadic

  1. #e2aa07
  2. #07e2aa
  3. #aa07e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2aa07
  2. #3fe207
  3. #073fe2
  4. #aa07e2

Square

  1. #e2aa07
  2. #07e23d
  3. #073fe2
  4. #e207ad

Monochromatic

  1. #4e3a02
  2. #987205
  3. #e2aa07
  4. #f9c93d
  5. #fbdd87

Shades

#e2aa07 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2aa07
  2. #cb9906
  3. #b58806
  4. #9e7705
  5. #886604
  6. #715504
  7. #5a4403
  8. #443302
  9. #2d2201
  10. #171101
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2aa07 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2aa07
  2. #e5b320
  3. #e8bb39
  4. #ebc451
  5. #eecc6a
  6. #f1d583
  7. #f3dd9c
  8. #f6e6b5
  9. #f9eecd
  10. #fcf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2aa07 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2aa07
  2. #d8a613
  3. #cea21f
  4. #c59d2b
  5. #bb9937
  6. #b19544
  7. #a79150
  8. #9d8d5c
  9. #948868
  10. #8a8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7af8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb91a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f69891 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfaa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7b314 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eea073 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2aa07 {
  color: #e2aa07;
}
Background
.bg-e2aa07 {
  background-color: #e2aa07;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2aa07 {
  border: 2px solid #e2aa07;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2aa07;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 170 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 94% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2aa07 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2aa07, #ade207);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2aa07 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 170 7 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.16 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.16 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.51 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.11 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.26 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.50 #1d55f8 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#e2aa07  rgb(226, 170, 7)  hsl(45, 94%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#073fe2  rgb(7, 63, 226)  hsl(225, 94%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#07e2aa  rgb(7, 226, 170)  hsl(165, 94%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#aa07e2  rgb(170, 7, 226)  hsl(285, 94%, 46%)  Dark Orchid