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#E2AC2D

#e2ac2d ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e2ac2d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 67.45% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.89% magenta, 80.09% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 42.1°, with 75.73% saturation and 53.14% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.02.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4586

Complementary

  1. #e2ac2d
  2. #2d63e2

Split complementary

  1. #e2ac2d
  2. #2dbee2
  3. #522de2

Analogous

  1. #e2522d
  2. #e2ac2d
  3. #bee22d

Triadic

  1. #e2ac2d
  2. #2de2ac
  3. #ac2de2

Tetradic

  1. #e2ac2d
  2. #63e22d
  3. #2d63e2
  4. #ac2de2

Square

  1. #e2ac2d
  2. #2de252
  3. #2d63e2
  4. #e22dbe

Monochromatic

  1. #684d0e
  2. #ab7f18
  3. #e2ac2d
  4. #ebc770
  5. #f5e1b3

Shades

#e2ac2d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2ac2d
  2. #cb9b29
  3. #b58a24
  4. #9e7820
  5. #88671b
  6. #715617
  7. #5a4512
  8. #44340e
  9. #2d2209
  10. #171105
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2ac2d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2ac2d
  2. #e5b442
  3. #e8bd57
  4. #ebc56c
  5. #eecd81
  6. #f1d696
  7. #f3deab
  8. #f6e6c0
  9. #f9eed5
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2ac2d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2ac2d
  2. #d8a835
  3. #cea33e
  4. #c59f46
  5. #bb9a4e
  6. #b19657
  7. #a7925f
  8. #9d8d67
  9. #94896f
  10. #8a8478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b192 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac0f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0ba34 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f69b94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0ac1f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7b531 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eea278 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2ac2d {
  color: #e2ac2d;
}
Background
.bg-e2ac2d {
  background-color: #e2ac2d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2ac2d {
  border: 2px solid #e2ac2d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2ac2d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 172 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 76% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2ac2d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2ac2d, #bee22d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2ac2d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 172 45 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.02 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.57 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.09 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.13 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.45 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.60 #1d53d2 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#e2ac2d  rgb(226, 172, 45)  hsl(42, 76%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#2d63e2  rgb(45, 99, 226)  hsl(222, 76%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#2de2ac  rgb(45, 226, 172)  hsl(162, 76%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#ac2de2  rgb(172, 45, 226)  hsl(282, 76%, 53%)  Electric Purple