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#997D22

#997d22 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#997d22 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 49.02% green and 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.3% magenta, 77.78% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 45.88°, with 63.64% saturation and 36.67% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 8.06.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#996633
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Relative luminance0.2156

Complementary

  1. #997d22
  2. #223e99

Split complementary

  1. #997d22
  2. #227a99
  3. #412299

Analogous

  1. #994122
  2. #997d22
  3. #7a9922

Triadic

  1. #997d22
  2. #22997d
  3. #7d2299

Tetradic

  1. #997d22
  2. #3e9922
  3. #223e99
  4. #7d2299

Square

  1. #997d22
  2. #229941
  3. #223e99
  4. #99227a

Monochromatic

  1. #1c1706
  2. #5a4a14
  3. #997d22
  4. #d2ad35
  5. #e0c774

Shades

#997d22 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997d22
  2. #8a711f
  3. #7a641b
  4. #6b5818
  5. #5c4b14
  6. #4d3f11
  7. #3d320e
  8. #2e260a
  9. #1f1907
  10. #0f0d03
  11. #000000

Tints

#997d22 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997d22
  2. #a38a38
  3. #ad974e
  4. #b8a464
  5. #c2b17a
  6. #ccbe91
  7. #d6cba7
  8. #e0d8bd
  9. #ebe5d3
  10. #f5f2e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997d22 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997d22
  2. #977d2b
  3. #947e35
  4. #927e3e
  5. #8f7e48
  6. #8d7f51
  7. #8a7f5a
  8. #887f64
  9. #857f6d
  10. #838077
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b7f67 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8c7b11 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #938327 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6726b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #917c19 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #958125 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a17757 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997d22 {
  color: #997d22;
}
Background
.bg-997d22 {
  background-color: #997d22;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997d22 {
  border: 2px solid #997d22;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997d22;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 125 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 64% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997d22 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997d22, #7a9922);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997d22 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 125 34 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.06 #808000 Olive ΔE 9.21 #996515 Golden Brown ΔE 11.19 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 13.41 #826644 Raw Umber ΔE 14.38 #b87333 Copper ΔE 14.64 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 14.83 #6682dd Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#997d22  rgb(153, 125, 34)  hsl(46, 64%, 37%)  Dark Goldenrod
#223e99  rgb(34, 62, 153)  hsl(226, 64%, 37%)  Smalt
#22997d  rgb(34, 153, 125)  hsl(166, 64%, 37%)  Persian Green
#7d2299  rgb(125, 34, 153)  hsl(286, 64%, 37%)  Dark Magenta