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#EAAD28

#eaad28 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaad28 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 67.84% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.07% magenta, 82.91% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 41.13°, with 82.2% saturation and 53.73% 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 10.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.26.

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Web safe#ff9933
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Relative luminance0.4753

Complementary

  1. #eaad28
  2. #2865ea

Split complementary

  1. #eaad28
  2. #28c6ea
  3. #4c28ea

Analogous

  1. #ea4c28
  2. #eaad28
  3. #c6ea28

Triadic

  1. #eaad28
  2. #28eaad
  3. #ad28ea

Tetradic

  1. #eaad28
  2. #65ea28
  3. #2865ea
  4. #ad28ea

Square

  1. #eaad28
  2. #28ea4c
  3. #2865ea
  4. #ea28c6

Monochromatic

  1. #6e4f0b
  2. #b48112
  3. #eaad28
  4. #f1c86e
  5. #f8e2b3

Shades

#eaad28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaad28
  2. #d39c24
  3. #bb8a20
  4. #a4791c
  5. #8c6818
  6. #755714
  7. #5e4510
  8. #46340c
  9. #2f2308
  10. #171104
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaad28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaad28
  2. #ecb53e
  3. #eebd53
  4. #f0c669
  5. #f2ce7e
  6. #f5d694
  7. #f7dea9
  8. #f9e6bf
  9. #fbefd4
  10. #fdf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaad28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaad28
  2. #dfa931
  3. #d5a43a
  4. #caa042
  5. #c09b4b
  6. #b59754
  7. #aa925d
  8. #a08e66
  9. #95896e
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ceb393 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4be2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9b95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5ae16 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddb72d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7a278 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaad28 {
  color: #eaad28;
}
Background
.bg-eaad28 {
  background-color: #eaad28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaad28 {
  border: 2px solid #eaad28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaad28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 173 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaad28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaad28, #c6ea28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaad28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 173 40 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.26 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.98 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.33 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.38 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.63 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.95 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.31 #1552d7 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#eaad28  rgb(234, 173, 40)  hsl(41, 82%, 54%)  Goldenrod
#2865ea  rgb(40, 101, 234)  hsl(221, 82%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#28eaad  rgb(40, 234, 173)  hsl(161, 82%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#ad28ea  rgb(173, 40, 234)  hsl(281, 82%, 54%)  Electric Purple