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#E4AE03

#e4ae03 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e4ae03 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 68.24% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.68% magenta, 98.68% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 45.6°, with 97.4% saturation and 45.29% 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 10.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.4677

Complementary

  1. #e4ae03
  2. #0339e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4ae03
  2. #03a9e4
  3. #3d03e4

Analogous

  1. #e43d03
  2. #e4ae03
  3. #a9e403

Triadic

  1. #e4ae03
  2. #03e4ae
  3. #ae03e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4ae03
  2. #39e403
  3. #0339e4
  4. #ae03e4

Square

  1. #e4ae03
  2. #03e43d
  3. #0339e4
  4. #e403a9

Monochromatic

  1. #4d3b01
  2. #987402
  3. #e4ae03
  4. #fccd37
  5. #fde083

Shades

#e4ae03 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4ae03
  2. #cd9d03
  3. #b68b02
  4. #a07a02
  5. #896802
  6. #725702
  7. #5b4601
  8. #443401
  9. #2e2301
  10. #171100
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4ae03 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4ae03
  2. #e7b61c
  3. #e9be35
  4. #ecc64f
  5. #efce68
  6. #f2d781
  7. #f4df9a
  8. #f7e7b3
  9. #faefcd
  10. #fcf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4ae03 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4ae03
  2. #daa910
  3. #d0a51c
  4. #c6a029
  5. #bc9c35
  6. #b29742
  7. #a8924e
  8. #9e8e5b
  9. #948967
  10. #8a8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cab390 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3bc19 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f89c94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3ae00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dab613 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0a475 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4ae03 {
  color: #e4ae03;
}
Background
.bg-e4ae03 {
  background-color: #e4ae03;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4ae03 {
  border: 2px solid #e4ae03;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4ae03;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 174 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 97% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4ae03 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4ae03, #a9e403);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4ae03 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 174 3 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.19 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.47 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.83 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.30 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.45 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.58 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.95 #1b51fc Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#e4ae03  rgb(228, 174, 3)  hsl(46, 97%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0339e4  rgb(3, 57, 228)  hsl(226, 97%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#03e4ae  rgb(3, 228, 174)  hsl(166, 97%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#ae03e4  rgb(174, 3, 228)  hsl(286, 97%, 45%)  Vivid Violet