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#E2AA0C

#e2aa0c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e2aa0c 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 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.78% magenta, 94.69% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 44.3°, with 89.92% saturation and 46.67% 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 2.07.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4494

Complementary

  1. #e2aa0c
  2. #0c44e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2aa0c
  2. #0cafe2
  3. #3f0ce2

Analogous

  1. #e23f0c
  2. #e2aa0c
  3. #afe20c

Triadic

  1. #e2aa0c
  2. #0ce2aa
  3. #aa0ce2

Tetradic

  1. #e2aa0c
  2. #44e20c
  3. #0c44e2
  4. #aa0ce2

Square

  1. #e2aa0c
  2. #0ce23f
  3. #0c44e2
  4. #e20caf

Monochromatic

  1. #513d04
  2. #997308
  3. #e2aa0c
  4. #f5c745
  5. #f9dd8e

Shades

#e2aa0c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2aa0c
  2. #cb990b
  3. #b5880a
  4. #9e7708
  5. #886607
  6. #715506
  7. #5a4405
  8. #443304
  9. #2d2202
  10. #171101
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2aa0c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2aa0c
  2. #e5b324
  3. #e8bb3d
  4. #ebc455
  5. #eecc6d
  6. #f1d586
  7. #f3dd9e
  8. #f6e6b6
  9. #f9eece
  10. #fcf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2aa0c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2aa0c
  2. #d8a618
  3. #cea223
  4. #c59d2f
  5. #bb993a
  6. #b19546
  7. #a79152
  8. #9d8d5d
  9. #948869
  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 #cfb91c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f69891 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfaa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7b317 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eea073 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2aa0c {
  color: #e2aa0c;
}
Background
.bg-e2aa0c {
  background-color: #e2aa0c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2aa0c {
  border: 2px solid #e2aa0c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2aa0c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 170 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 90% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2aa0c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2aa0c, #afe20c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2aa0c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 170 12 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.07 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.13 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.42 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.14 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.18 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.54 #1d55f3 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#e2aa0c  rgb(226, 170, 12)  hsl(44, 90%, 47%)  Goldenrod
#0c44e2  rgb(12, 68, 226)  hsl(224, 90%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#0ce2aa  rgb(12, 226, 170)  hsl(164, 90%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#aa0ce2  rgb(170, 12, 226)  hsl(284, 90%, 47%)  Dark Orchid