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#E4AA2E

#e4aa2e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4aa2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 66.67% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.44% magenta, 79.82% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 40.88°, with 77.12% saturation and 53.73% 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 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.32.

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Relative luminance0.4544

Complementary

  1. #e4aa2e
  2. #2e68e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4aa2e
  2. #2ec3e4
  3. #4f2ee4

Analogous

  1. #e44f2e
  2. #e4aa2e
  3. #c3e42e

Triadic

  1. #e4aa2e
  2. #2ee4aa
  3. #aa2ee4

Tetradic

  1. #e4aa2e
  2. #68e42e
  3. #2e68e4
  4. #aa2ee4

Square

  1. #e4aa2e
  2. #2ee44f
  3. #2e68e4
  4. #e42ec3

Monochromatic

  1. #6b4d0e
  2. #af7e17
  3. #e4aa2e
  4. #edc672
  5. #f6e1b6

Shades

#e4aa2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4aa2e
  2. #cd9929
  3. #b68825
  4. #a07720
  5. #89661c
  6. #725517
  7. #5b4412
  8. #44330e
  9. #2e2209
  10. #171105
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4aa2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4aa2e
  2. #e7b343
  3. #e9bb58
  4. #ecc46d
  5. #efcc82
  6. #f2d597
  7. #f4ddab
  8. #f7e6c0
  9. #faeed5
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4aa2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4aa2e
  2. #daa636
  3. #d0a23e
  4. #c69d47
  5. #bc994f
  6. #b29557
  7. #a8915f
  8. #9e8d67
  9. #948870
  10. #8a8478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b091 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ab13 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfba34 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f89993 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0ab20 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8b432 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0a077 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4aa2e {
  color: #e4aa2e;
}
Background
.bg-e4aa2e {
  background-color: #e4aa2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4aa2e {
  border: 2px solid #e4aa2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4aa2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 170 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 77% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4aa2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4aa2e, #c3e42e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4aa2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 170 46 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.32 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.84 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.42 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.99 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.72 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.09 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.45 #1b55d1 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#e4aa2e  rgb(228, 170, 46)  hsl(41, 77%, 54%)  Goldenrod
#2e68e4  rgb(46, 104, 228)  hsl(221, 77%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#2ee4aa  rgb(46, 228, 170)  hsl(161, 77%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#aa2ee4  rgb(170, 46, 228)  hsl(281, 77%, 54%)  Electric Purple