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#ECAE26

#ecae26 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecae26 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 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.27% magenta, 83.9% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 41.21°, with 83.9% 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 10.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.62.

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Relative luminance0.4824

Complementary

  1. #ecae26
  2. #2664ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecae26
  2. #26c7ec
  3. #4b26ec

Analogous

  1. #ec4b26
  2. #ecae26
  3. #c7ec26

Triadic

  1. #ecae26
  2. #26ecae
  3. #ae26ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecae26
  2. #64ec26
  3. #2664ec
  4. #ae26ec

Square

  1. #ecae26
  2. #26ec4b
  3. #2664ec
  4. #ec26c7

Monochromatic

  1. #6f4f0a
  2. #b68210
  3. #ecae26
  4. #f2c86c
  5. #f8e3b3

Shades

#ecae26 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecae26
  2. #d49d22
  3. #bd8b1e
  4. #a57a1b
  5. #8e6817
  6. #765713
  7. #5e460f
  8. #47340b
  9. #2f2308
  10. #181104
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecae26 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecae26
  2. #eeb63c
  3. #f0be51
  4. #f2c667
  5. #f4ce7d
  6. #f6d793
  7. #f7dfa8
  8. #f9e7be
  9. #fbefd4
  10. #fdf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecae26 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecae26
  2. #e1a92f
  3. #d6a538
  4. #cca041
  5. #c19c4a
  6. #b69753
  7. #ab925c
  8. #a08e65
  9. #96896e
  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 #d5bf2e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9c95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7af11 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dfb82b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9a378 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecae26 {
  color: #ecae26;
}
Background
.bg-ecae26 {
  background-color: #ecae26;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecae26 {
  border: 2px solid #ecae26;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecae26;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 174 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 84% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecae26 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecae26, #c7ec26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecae26 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 174 38 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.62 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.39 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 5.26 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.56 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 5.83 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.16 #1351d9 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ecae26  rgb(236, 174, 38)  hsl(41, 84%, 54%)  Goldenrod
#2664ec  rgb(38, 100, 236)  hsl(221, 84%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#26ecae  rgb(38, 236, 174)  hsl(161, 84%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green
#ae26ec  rgb(174, 38, 236)  hsl(281, 84%, 54%)  Electric Purple