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#EAAE28

#eaae28 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eaae28 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 68.24% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.64% magenta, 82.91% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 41.44°, 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 10.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.27.

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Relative luminance0.4792

Complementary

  1. #eaae28
  2. #2864ea

Split complementary

  1. #eaae28
  2. #28c5ea
  3. #4d28ea

Analogous

  1. #ea4d28
  2. #eaae28
  3. #c5ea28

Triadic

  1. #eaae28
  2. #28eaae
  3. #ae28ea

Tetradic

  1. #eaae28
  2. #64ea28
  3. #2864ea
  4. #ae28ea

Square

  1. #eaae28
  2. #28ea4d
  3. #2864ea
  4. #ea28c5

Monochromatic

  1. #6e4f0b
  2. #b48212
  3. #eaae28
  4. #f1c86e
  5. #f8e3b3

Shades

#eaae28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaae28
  2. #d39d24
  3. #bb8b20
  4. #a47a1c
  5. #8c6818
  6. #755714
  7. #5e4610
  8. #46340c
  9. #2f2308
  10. #171104
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaae28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaae28
  2. #ecb63e
  3. #eebe53
  4. #f0c669
  5. #f2ce7e
  6. #f5d794
  7. #f7dfa9
  8. #f9e7bf
  9. #fbefd4
  10. #fdf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaae28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaae28
  2. #dfa931
  3. #d5a53a
  4. #caa042
  5. #c09c4b
  6. #b59754
  7. #aa925d
  8. #a08e66
  9. #95896e
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ceb494 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4be30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9c96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6af15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ddb82d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f7a479 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaae28 {
  color: #eaae28;
}
Background
.bg-eaae28 {
  background-color: #eaae28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaae28 {
  border: 2px solid #eaae28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaae28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 174 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaae28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaae28, #c5ea28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaae28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 174 40 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.27 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.99 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.37 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.37 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.06 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.15 #1551d7 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#eaae28  rgb(234, 174, 40)  hsl(41, 82%, 54%)  Goldenrod
#2864ea  rgb(40, 100, 234)  hsl(221, 82%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#28eaae  rgb(40, 234, 174)  hsl(161, 82%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#ae28ea  rgb(174, 40, 234)  hsl(281, 82%, 54%)  Electric Purple