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#EBAE28

#ebae28 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ebae28 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 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.96% magenta, 82.98% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 41.23°, with 82.98% saturation and 53.92% 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 10.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.45.

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Relative luminance0.4809

Complementary

  1. #ebae28
  2. #2865eb

Split complementary

  1. #ebae28
  2. #28c7eb
  3. #4c28eb

Analogous

  1. #eb4c28
  2. #ebae28
  3. #c7eb28

Triadic

  1. #ebae28
  2. #28ebae
  3. #ae28eb

Tetradic

  1. #ebae28
  2. #65eb28
  3. #2865eb
  4. #ae28eb

Square

  1. #ebae28
  2. #28eb4c
  3. #2865eb
  4. #eb28c7

Monochromatic

  1. #70500a
  2. #b68211
  3. #ebae28
  4. #f2c86e
  5. #f8e3b4

Shades

#ebae28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ebae28
  2. #d49d24
  3. #bc8b20
  4. #a57a1c
  5. #8d6818
  6. #765714
  7. #5e4610
  8. #47340c
  9. #2f2308
  10. #181104
  11. #000000

Tints

#ebae28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ebae28
  2. #edb63e
  3. #efbe53
  4. #f1c669
  5. #f3ce7e
  6. #f5d794
  7. #f7dfa9
  8. #f9e7bf
  9. #fbefd4
  10. #fdf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ebae28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ebae28
  2. #e0a931
  3. #d6a53a
  4. #cba042
  5. #c09c4b
  6. #b69754
  7. #ab925d
  8. #a08e66
  9. #95896e
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfb494 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5bf2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9c96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6af15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #deb82d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8a379 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ebae28 {
  color: #ebae28;
}
Background
.bg-ebae28 {
  background-color: #ebae28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ebae28 {
  border: 2px solid #ebae28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ebae28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 174 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 83% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ebae28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebae28, #c7eb28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ebae28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 174 40 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.45 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.20 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.20 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.35 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.62 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.94 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.19 #1451d7 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ebae28  rgb(235, 174, 40)  hsl(41, 83%, 54%)  Goldenrod
#2865eb  rgb(40, 101, 235)  hsl(221, 83%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#28ebae  rgb(40, 235, 174)  hsl(161, 83%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#ae28eb  rgb(174, 40, 235)  hsl(281, 83%, 54%)  Electric Purple