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#EAAA09

#eaaa09 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaaa09 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 66.67% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.35% magenta, 96.15% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 42.93°, 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 10.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4626

Complementary

  1. #eaaa09
  2. #0949ea

Split complementary

  1. #eaaa09
  2. #09baea
  3. #3909ea

Analogous

  1. #ea3909
  2. #eaaa09
  3. #baea09

Triadic

  1. #eaaa09
  2. #09eaaa
  3. #aa09ea

Tetradic

  1. #eaaa09
  2. #49ea09
  3. #0949ea
  4. #aa09ea

Square

  1. #eaaa09
  2. #09ea39
  3. #0949ea
  4. #ea09ba

Monochromatic

  1. #573f03
  2. #a07406
  3. #eaaa09
  4. #f8c648
  5. #fbdd91

Shades

#eaaa09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaaa09
  2. #d39908
  3. #bb8807
  4. #a47706
  5. #8c6605
  6. #755505
  7. #5e4404
  8. #463303
  9. #2f2202
  10. #171101
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaaa09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaaa09
  2. #ecb322
  3. #eebb3a
  4. #f0c453
  5. #f2cc6b
  6. #f5d584
  7. #f7dd9d
  8. #f9e6b5
  9. #fbeece
  10. #fdf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaaa09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaaa09
  2. #dfa615
  3. #d5a221
  4. #ca9d2d
  5. #c09939
  6. #b59545
  7. #aa9150
  8. #a08d5c
  9. #958868
  10. #8b8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccb190 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bc1a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9791 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4ab00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dcb514 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f79f73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaaa09 {
  color: #eaaa09;
}
Background
.bg-eaaa09 {
  background-color: #eaaa09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaaa09 {
  border: 2px solid #eaaa09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaaa09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 170 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaaa09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaaa09, #baea09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaaa09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 170 9 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.32 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.88 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.98 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.24 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.69 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.39 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.60 #1555f6 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#eaaa09  rgb(234, 170, 9)  hsl(43, 93%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#0949ea  rgb(9, 73, 234)  hsl(223, 93%, 48%)  Iris
#09eaaa  rgb(9, 234, 170)  hsl(163, 93%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#aa09ea  rgb(170, 9, 234)  hsl(283, 93%, 48%)  Vivid Violet