Information about #E9AE1C color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#E9AE1C falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(233, 174, 28) — 91.4% red, 68.2% green, 11% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 23 / 80 / 9. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #E9AE1C reads as a strongly colored warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bee Yellow (#E9AB17). Slightly further away sit Urobilin (#E1AD21) and Squash (#F2AB15).

The recipe behind #E9AE1C is rgb(233, 174, 28), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #E9AE1C: 10.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#E9AE1C color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E9AE1C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#E9AE1C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#E9AE1C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#E9AE1C color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#E9AE1C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #E9AE1C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bee Yellow color link
Bee Yellow

#E9AB17

Urobilin color link
Urobilin

#E1AD21

Squash color link
Squash

#F2AB15

Google Yellow color link
Google Yellow

#EEB211

Marigold color link
Marigold

#EAA221

nongmincoin color link
nongmincoin

#F0B91B

Golden Amber color link
Golden Amber

#E8BE14

Goldenrod color link
Goldenrod

#DAA520

Trust Yellow color link
Trust Yellow

#EEBE15

Real Racing Roots Yellow color link
Real Racing Roots Yellow

#FAB217

Spanish Yellow color link
Spanish Yellow

#F6B511

Gold Tips color link
Gold Tips

#DEBA13

#E9AE1C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E9AE1C
  • RGB233, 174, 28
  • CMYK0, 23, 80, 9
  • CSSrgb(233, 174, 28)
  • HSL43°, 82%, 51%
  • HSL Precise42.732°, 82.329%, 51.176%
  • HSV43°, 88%, 91%
  • HSB43°, 88%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.914
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • GLSLvec3(0.914, 0.682, 0.110)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.914, 0.682, 0.110, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.914, 0.682, 0.110)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB91.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDE9AE1C
  • DECIMAL ID15314460
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers30 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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