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#B5950F

#b5950f ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b5950f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.68% magenta, 91.71% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 48.43°, with 84.69% saturation and 38.43% 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 6.89.

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Relative luminance0.3135

Complementary

  1. #b5950f
  2. #0f2fb5

Split complementary

  1. #b5950f
  2. #0f82b5
  3. #420fb5

Analogous

  1. #b5420f
  2. #b5950f
  3. #82b50f

Triadic

  1. #b5950f
  2. #0fb595
  3. #950fb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5950f
  2. #2fb50f
  3. #0f2fb5
  4. #950fb5

Square

  1. #b5950f
  2. #0fb542
  3. #0f2fb5
  4. #b50f82

Monochromatic

  1. #282103
  2. #6e5b09
  3. #b5950f
  4. #edc624
  5. #f3d86a

Shades

#b5950f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5950f
  2. #a3860e
  3. #91770c
  4. #7f680b
  5. #6d5909
  6. #5b4b08
  7. #483c06
  8. #362d05
  9. #241e03
  10. #120f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5950f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5950f
  2. #bca027
  3. #c4aa3f
  4. #cbb557
  5. #d3bf6f
  6. #daca87
  7. #e1d59f
  8. #e9dfb7
  9. #f0eacf
  10. #f8f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5950f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5950f
  2. #b0931a
  3. #aa9126
  4. #a58f31
  5. #a08d3c
  6. #9b8b48
  7. #958853
  8. #90865e
  9. #8b8469
  10. #858275
  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 #a49779 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #af9c1d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5877f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b19918 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf8d64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5950f {
  color: #b5950f;
}
Background
.bg-b5950f {
  background-color: #b5950f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5950f {
  border: 2px solid #b5950f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5950f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 149 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 85% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5950f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5950f, #82b50f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5950f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 149 15 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.89 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.01 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 8.20 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.18 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.99 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.03 #4a6af0 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#b5950f  rgb(181, 149, 15)  hsl(48, 85%, 38%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0f2fb5  rgb(15, 47, 181)  hsl(228, 85%, 38%)  Egyptian Blue
#0fb595  rgb(15, 181, 149)  hsl(168, 85%, 38%)  Jungle Green
#950fb5  rgb(149, 15, 181)  hsl(288, 85%, 38%)  Dark Violet