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#E4AE2F

#e4ae2f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e4ae2f 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 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.68% magenta, 79.39% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 42.1°, with 77.02% saturation and 53.92% 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 2.54.

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Relative luminance0.4697

Complementary

  1. #e4ae2f
  2. #2f65e4

Split complementary

  1. #e4ae2f
  2. #2fbfe4
  3. #532fe4

Analogous

  1. #e4532f
  2. #e4ae2f
  3. #bfe42f

Triadic

  1. #e4ae2f
  2. #2fe4ae
  3. #ae2fe4

Tetradic

  1. #e4ae2f
  2. #65e42f
  3. #2f65e4
  4. #ae2fe4

Square

  1. #e4ae2f
  2. #2fe453
  3. #2f65e4
  4. #e42fbf

Monochromatic

  1. #6c500e
  2. #b08217
  3. #e4ae2f
  4. #edc873
  5. #f6e3b6

Shades

#e4ae2f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e4ae2f
  2. #cd9d2a
  3. #b68b26
  4. #a07a21
  5. #89681c
  6. #725718
  7. #5b4613
  8. #44340e
  9. #2e2309
  10. #171105
  11. #000000

Tints

#e4ae2f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e4ae2f
  2. #e7b644
  3. #e9be59
  4. #ecc66d
  5. #efce82
  6. #f2d797
  7. #f4dfac
  8. #f7e7c1
  9. #faefd5
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e4ae2f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e4ae2f
  2. #daa937
  3. #d0a53f
  4. #c6a047
  5. #bc9c4f
  6. #b29758
  7. #a89260
  8. #9e8e68
  9. #948970
  10. #8a8578
  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 #c5ae13 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc36 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f89d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2ae21 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9b733 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f0a47a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e4ae2f {
  color: #e4ae2f;
}
Background
.bg-e4ae2f {
  background-color: #e4ae2f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e4ae2f {
  border: 2px solid #e4ae2f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e4ae2f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 174 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 77% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e4ae2f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e4ae2f, #bfe42f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e4ae2f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 174 47 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.54 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.58 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.32 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.01 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.12 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.42 #1b51d0 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#e4ae2f  rgb(228, 174, 47)  hsl(42, 77%, 54%)  Goldenrod
#2f65e4  rgb(47, 101, 228)  hsl(222, 77%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#2fe4ae  rgb(47, 228, 174)  hsl(162, 77%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#ae2fe4  rgb(174, 47, 228)  hsl(282, 77%, 54%)  Electric Purple