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#EEAE18

#eeae18 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eeae18 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 68.24% green and 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.89% magenta, 89.92% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 42.06°, with 86.29% saturation and 51.37% 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 10.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.98.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4852

Complementary

  1. #eeae18
  2. #1858ee

Split complementary

  1. #eeae18
  2. #18c3ee
  3. #4318ee

Analogous

  1. #ee4318
  2. #eeae18
  3. #c3ee18

Triadic

  1. #eeae18
  2. #18eeae
  3. #ae18ee

Tetradic

  1. #eeae18
  2. #58ee18
  3. #1858ee
  4. #ae18ee

Square

  1. #eeae18
  2. #18ee43
  3. #1858ee
  4. #ee18c3

Monochromatic

  1. #664907
  2. #ad7d0d
  3. #eeae18
  4. #f3c75f
  5. #f8e0a7

Shades

#eeae18 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeae18
  2. #d69d16
  3. #be8b13
  4. #a77a11
  5. #8f680e
  6. #77570c
  7. #5f460a
  8. #473407
  9. #302305
  10. #181102
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeae18 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeae18
  2. #f0b62f
  3. #f1be46
  4. #f3c65d
  5. #f5ce74
  6. #f7d78c
  7. #f8dfa3
  8. #fae7ba
  9. #fcefd1
  10. #fdf7e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeae18 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeae18
  2. #e3a922
  3. #d8a52d
  4. #cda037
  5. #c29c42
  6. #b7974c
  7. #ac9256
  8. #a18e61
  9. #96896b
  10. #8b8576
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0b594 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c023 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff9b95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d8af00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e0b91f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fba377 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeae18 {
  color: #eeae18;
}
Background
.bg-eeae18 {
  background-color: #eeae18;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeae18 {
  border: 2px solid #eeae18;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeae18;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 174 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeae18 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeae18, #c3ee18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeae18 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 174 24 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.98 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.76 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 4.82 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.70 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 5.80 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 6.09 #1151e7 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#eeae18  rgb(238, 174, 24)  hsl(42, 86%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#1858ee  rgb(24, 88, 238)  hsl(222, 86%, 51%)  Ultramarine Blue
#18eeae  rgb(24, 238, 174)  hsl(162, 86%, 51%)  Medium Spring Green
#ae18ee  rgb(174, 24, 238)  hsl(282, 86%, 51%)  Electric Purple