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#E2AE26

#e2ae26 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e2ae26 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 68.24% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.01% magenta, 83.19% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 43.4°, with 76.42% saturation and 51.76% 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 10.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.48.

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Relative luminance0.4658

Complementary

  1. #e2ae26
  2. #265ae2

Split complementary

  1. #e2ae26
  2. #26b8e2
  3. #5026e2

Analogous

  1. #e25026
  2. #e2ae26
  3. #b8e226

Triadic

  1. #e2ae26
  2. #26e2ae
  3. #ae26e2

Tetradic

  1. #e2ae26
  2. #5ae226
  3. #265ae2
  4. #ae26e2

Square

  1. #e2ae26
  2. #26e250
  3. #265ae2
  4. #e226b8

Monochromatic

  1. #624a0d
  2. #a57e16
  3. #e2ae26
  4. #ebc769
  5. #f4e0ad

Shades

#e2ae26 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e2ae26
  2. #cb9d22
  3. #b58b1e
  4. #9e7a1b
  5. #886817
  6. #715713
  7. #5a460f
  8. #44340b
  9. #2d2308
  10. #171104
  11. #000000

Tints

#e2ae26 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e2ae26
  2. #e5b63c
  3. #e8be51
  4. #ebc667
  5. #eece7d
  6. #f1d793
  7. #f3dfa8
  8. #f6e7be
  9. #f9efd4
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e2ae26 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e2ae26
  2. #d8a92f
  3. #cea538
  4. #c5a041
  5. #bb9c4a
  6. #b19753
  7. #a7925c
  8. #9d8e65
  9. #94896e
  10. #8a8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b392 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bb2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f69d95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1ae12 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8b62b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eea478 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e2ae26 {
  color: #e2ae26;
}
Background
.bg-e2ae26 {
  background-color: #e2ae26;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e2ae26 {
  border: 2px solid #e2ae26;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e2ae26;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 174 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 76% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e2ae26 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e2ae26, #b8e226);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e2ae26 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 174 38 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.48 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.67 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.01 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.76 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.93 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.10 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.12 #1d51d9 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#e2ae26  rgb(226, 174, 38)  hsl(43, 76%, 52%)  Goldenrod
#265ae2  rgb(38, 90, 226)  hsl(223, 76%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#26e2ae  rgb(38, 226, 174)  hsl(163, 76%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#ae26e2  rgb(174, 38, 226)  hsl(283, 76%, 52%)  Electric Purple