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#ECAE23

#ecae23 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecae23 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 68.24% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.27% magenta, 85.17% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 41.49°, with 84.1% saturation and 53.14% 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 10.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.6.

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Relative luminance0.4823

Complementary

  1. #ecae23
  2. #2361ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecae23
  2. #23c6ec
  3. #4a23ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4a23
  2. #ecae23
  3. #c6ec23

Triadic

  1. #ecae23
  2. #23ecae
  3. #ae23ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecae23
  2. #61ec23
  3. #2361ec
  4. #ae23ec

Square

  1. #ecae23
  2. #23ec4a
  3. #2361ec
  4. #ec23c6

Monochromatic

  1. #6d4e09
  2. #b3810f
  3. #ecae23
  4. #f2c869
  5. #f8e2b0

Shades

#ecae23 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecae23
  2. #d49d20
  3. #bd8b1c
  4. #a57a19
  5. #8e6815
  6. #765712
  7. #5e460e
  8. #47340b
  9. #2f2307
  10. #181104
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecae23 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecae23
  2. #eeb639
  3. #f0be4f
  4. #f2c665
  5. #f4ce7b
  6. #f6d791
  7. #f7dfa7
  8. #f9e7bd
  9. #fbefd3
  10. #fdf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecae23 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecae23
  2. #e1a92c
  3. #d6a536
  4. #cca03f
  5. #c19c48
  6. #b69752
  7. #ab925b
  8. #a08e64
  9. #96896d
  10. #8b8577
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfb494 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7af00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5bf2b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9c95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7af0a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfb828 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9a378 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecae23 {
  color: #ecae23;
}
Background
.bg-ecae23 {
  background-color: #ecae23;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecae23 {
  border: 2px solid #ecae23;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecae23;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 174 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecae23 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecae23, #c6ec23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecae23 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 174 35 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.60 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.23 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.37 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.14 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.64 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.00 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.03 #1351dc Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ecae23  rgb(236, 174, 35)  hsl(41, 84%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#2361ec  rgb(35, 97, 236)  hsl(221, 84%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#23ecae  rgb(35, 236, 174)  hsl(161, 84%, 53%)  Medium Spring Green
#ae23ec  rgb(174, 35, 236)  hsl(281, 84%, 53%)  Electric Purple