HEX Color #E9B642 (Goldenrod)

About #E9B642

When working with digital screens, the color #E9B642 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Goldenrod. Its digital footprint relies on 233 parts red, 182 parts green, and 66 parts blue light.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 22% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 41.7° hue, 79.1% saturation, and 58.6% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E9B642

RGB233, 182, 66

HSL41.7°, 79.1%, 58.6%

CMYK0%, 22%, 72%, 9%

HSV41.7°, 71.7%, 91.4%

LAB76.8, 7.2, 63.2

XYZ51.3, 51.2, 12.3

Decimal15316546

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E9B642 #4274E8

Analogous

#E86242 #C8E842

Triadic

#42E8B6 #B542E8

Tetradic

#42E862 #4274E8 #E842C8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E9B642

#EBBE57

#EDC66C

#F0CE81

#F2D696

#F5DEAB

#F7E6C0

#FAEED5

#FCF6EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E9B642

#CFA13A

#B58D33

#9B792C

#816524

#67501D

#4D3C16

#33280E

#191407

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.87:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.23:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.79:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.55:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E9B642; }

.text-color { color: #E9B642; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E9B642; }

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