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#EAA909

#eaa909 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaa909 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 66.27% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.78% magenta, 96.15% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 42.67°, with 92.59% saturation and 47.65% 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 10.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4589

Complementary

  1. #eaa909
  2. #094aea

Split complementary

  1. #eaa909
  2. #09baea
  3. #3909ea

Analogous

  1. #ea3909
  2. #eaa909
  3. #baea09

Triadic

  1. #eaa909
  2. #09eaa9
  3. #a909ea

Tetradic

  1. #eaa909
  2. #4aea09
  3. #094aea
  4. #a909ea

Square

  1. #eaa909
  2. #09ea39
  3. #094aea
  4. #ea09ba

Monochromatic

  1. #573f03
  2. #a07406
  3. #eaa909
  4. #f8c548
  5. #fbdc91

Shades

#eaa909 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaa909
  2. #d39808
  3. #bb8707
  4. #a47606
  5. #8c6505
  6. #755505
  7. #5e4404
  8. #463303
  9. #2f2202
  10. #171101
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaa909 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaa909
  2. #ecb222
  3. #eeba3a
  4. #f0c353
  5. #f2cb6b
  6. #f5d484
  7. #f7dd9d
  8. #f9e5b5
  9. #fbeece
  10. #fdf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaa909 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaa909
  2. #dfa515
  3. #d5a121
  4. #ca9d2d
  5. #c09939
  6. #b59545
  7. #aa9050
  8. #a08c5c
  9. #958868
  10. #8b8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccb08f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bb19 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9690 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3aa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcb414 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f79e72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaa909 {
  color: #eaa909;
}
Background
.bg-eaa909 {
  background-color: #eaa909;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaa909 {
  border: 2px solid #eaa909;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaa909;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 169 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaa909 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaa909, #baea09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaa909 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 169 9 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.38 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.53 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.62 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.54 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.97 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.09 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.53 #1556f6 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#eaa909  rgb(234, 169, 9)  hsl(43, 93%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#094aea  rgb(9, 74, 234)  hsl(223, 93%, 48%)  Iris
#09eaa9  rgb(9, 234, 169)  hsl(163, 93%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#a909ea  rgb(169, 9, 234)  hsl(283, 93%, 48%)  Vivid Violet