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#E4AE29

#e4ae29 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4ae29 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 68.24% green and 16.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.68% magenta, 82.02% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 42.67°, with 77.59% saturation and 52.75% 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 10.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.51.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4693

Complementary

  1. #e4ae29
  2. #295fe4

Split complementary

  1. #e4ae29
  2. #29bde4
  3. #5129e4

Analogous

  1. #e45129
  2. #e4ae29
  3. #bde429

Triadic

  1. #e4ae29
  2. #29e4ae
  3. #ae29e4

Tetradic

  1. #e4ae29
  2. #5fe429
  3. #295fe4
  4. #ae29e4

Square

  1. #e4ae29
  2. #29e451
  3. #295fe4
  4. #e429bd

Monochromatic

  1. #674d0d
  2. #ab8016
  3. #e4ae29
  4. #edc86d
  5. #f5e1b1

Shades

#e4ae29 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4ae29
  2. #cd9d25
  3. #b68b21
  4. #a07a1d
  5. #896819
  6. #725715
  7. #5b4610
  8. #44340c
  9. #2e2308
  10. #171104
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4ae29 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4ae29
  2. #e7b63e
  3. #e9be54
  4. #ecc669
  5. #efce7f
  6. #f2d794
  7. #f4dfa9
  8. #f7e7bf
  9. #faefd4
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4ae29 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4ae29
  2. #daa932
  3. #d0a53a
  4. #c6a043
  5. #bc9c4c
  6. #b29755
  7. #a8925d
  8. #9e8e66
  9. #94896f
  10. #8a8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cab393 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc31 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f89d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2ae17 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9b72e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0a479 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4ae29 {
  color: #e4ae29;
}
Background
.bg-e4ae29 {
  background-color: #e4ae29;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4ae29 {
  border: 2px solid #e4ae29;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4ae29;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 174 41;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 78% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4ae29 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4ae29, #bde429);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4ae29 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 174 41 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.51 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.90 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.52 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.54 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.78 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.92 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.15 #1b51d6 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#e4ae29  rgb(228, 174, 41)  hsl(43, 78%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#295fe4  rgb(41, 95, 228)  hsl(223, 78%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#29e4ae  rgb(41, 228, 174)  hsl(163, 78%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#ae29e4  rgb(174, 41, 228)  hsl(283, 78%, 53%)  Electric Purple