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#B5950A

#b5950a ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b5950a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 58.43% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.68% magenta, 94.48% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 48.77°, with 89.53% saturation and 37.45% 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 7.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 6.96.

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Relative luminance0.3134

Complementary

  1. #b5950a
  2. #0a2ab5

Split complementary

  1. #b5950a
  2. #0a80b5
  3. #3f0ab5

Analogous

  1. #b53f0a
  2. #b5950a
  3. #80b50a

Triadic

  1. #b5950a
  2. #0ab595
  3. #950ab5

Tetradic

  1. #b5950a
  2. #2ab50a
  3. #0a2ab5
  4. #950ab5

Square

  1. #b5950a
  2. #0ab53f
  3. #0a2ab5
  4. #b50a80

Monochromatic

  1. #241e02
  2. #6d5906
  3. #b5950a
  4. #f2ca19
  5. #f6da62

Shades

#b5950a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5950a
  2. #a38609
  3. #917708
  4. #7f6807
  5. #6d5906
  6. #5b4b05
  7. #483c04
  8. #362d03
  9. #241e02
  10. #120f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5950a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5950a
  2. #bca023
  3. #c4aa3b
  4. #cbb554
  5. #d3bf6c
  6. #daca85
  7. #e1d59d
  8. #e9dfb6
  9. #f0eace
  10. #f8f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5950a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5950a
  2. #b09316
  3. #aa9122
  4. #a58f2d
  5. #a08d39
  6. #9b8b45
  7. #958851
  8. #90865d
  9. #8b8468
  10. #858274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a49778 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #af9c1a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5877f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b19915 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf8d64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5950a {
  color: #b5950a;
}
Background
.bg-b5950a {
  background-color: #b5950a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5950a {
  border: 2px solid #b5950a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5950a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 149 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 90% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5950a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5950a, #80b50a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5950a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 149 10 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.96 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.04 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.22 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.20 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.08 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.05 #4a6af5 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#b5950a  rgb(181, 149, 10)  hsl(49, 90%, 37%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0a2ab5  rgb(10, 42, 181)  hsl(229, 90%, 37%)  Egyptian Blue
#0ab595  rgb(10, 181, 149)  hsl(169, 90%, 37%)  Jungle Green
#950ab5  rgb(149, 10, 181)  hsl(289, 90%, 37%)  Dark Violet