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#EBAE0A

#ebae0a ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebae0a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 68.24% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.96% magenta, 95.74% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 43.73°, with 91.84% saturation and 48.04% 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 10.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4796

Complementary

  1. #ebae0a
  2. #0a47eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebae0a
  2. #0ab8eb
  3. #3d0aeb

Analogous

  1. #eb3d0a
  2. #ebae0a
  3. #b8eb0a

Triadic

  1. #ebae0a
  2. #0aebae
  3. #ae0aeb

Tetradic

  1. #ebae0a
  2. #47eb0a
  3. #0a47eb
  4. #ae0aeb

Square

  1. #ebae0a
  2. #0aeb3d
  3. #0a47eb
  4. #eb0ab8

Monochromatic

  1. #584104
  2. #a27807
  3. #ebae0a
  4. #f7c84a
  5. #fadf94

Shades

#ebae0a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebae0a
  2. #d49d09
  3. #bc8b08
  4. #a57a07
  5. #8d6806
  6. #765705
  7. #5e4604
  8. #473403
  9. #2f2302
  10. #181101
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebae0a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebae0a
  2. #edb623
  3. #efbe3b
  4. #f1c654
  5. #f3ce6c
  6. #f5d785
  7. #f7df9d
  8. #f9e7b6
  9. #fbefce
  10. #fdf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebae0a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebae0a
  2. #e0a916
  3. #d6a522
  4. #cba02d
  5. #c09c39
  6. #b69745
  7. #ab9251
  8. #a08e5d
  9. #958968
  10. #8b8574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ceb492 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5be1c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9b94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6af00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #deb816 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a376 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebae0a {
  color: #ebae0a;
}
Background
.bg-ebae0a {
  background-color: #ebae0a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebae0a {
  border: 2px solid #ebae0a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebae0a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 174 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 92% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebae0a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebae0a, #b8eb0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebae0a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 174 10 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.60 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.28 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.67 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.14 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.40 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 5.78 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.08 #1451f5 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ebae0a  rgb(235, 174, 10)  hsl(44, 92%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#0a47eb  rgb(10, 71, 235)  hsl(224, 92%, 48%)  Iris
#0aebae  rgb(10, 235, 174)  hsl(164, 92%, 48%)  Medium Spring Green
#ae0aeb  rgb(174, 10, 235)  hsl(284, 92%, 48%)  Vivid Violet