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#B8900A

#b8900a ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#b8900a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 56.47% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.74% magenta, 94.57% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 46.21°, with 89.69% saturation and 38.04% 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 7.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.3.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3016

Complementary

  1. #b8900a
  2. #0a32b8

Split complementary

  1. #b8900a
  2. #0a89b8
  3. #390ab8

Analogous

  1. #b8390a
  2. #b8900a
  3. #89b80a

Triadic

  1. #b8900a
  2. #0ab890
  3. #900ab8

Tetradic

  1. #b8900a
  2. #32b80a
  3. #0a32b8
  4. #900ab8

Square

  1. #b8900a
  2. #0ab839
  3. #0a32b8
  4. #b80a89

Monochromatic

  1. #271e02
  2. #6f5706
  3. #b8900a
  4. #f3c11c
  5. #f7d564

Shades

#b8900a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8900a
  2. #a68209
  3. #937308
  4. #816507
  5. #6e5606
  6. #5c4805
  7. #4a3a04
  8. #372b03
  9. #251d02
  10. #120e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8900a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8900a
  2. #bf9b23
  3. #c6a63b
  4. #cdb154
  5. #d4bc6c
  6. #dcc885
  7. #e3d39d
  8. #eadeb6
  9. #f1e9ce
  10. #f8f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8900a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8900a
  2. #b28e16
  3. #ad8d22
  4. #a78b2d
  5. #a28a39
  6. #9c8845
  7. #968651
  8. #91855d
  9. #8b8368
  10. #868274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a49376 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a38f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9a18 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8827a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac8f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b19614 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c28861 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8900a {
  color: #b8900a;
}
Background
.bg-b8900a {
  background-color: #b8900a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8900a {
  border: 2px solid #b8900a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8900a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 144 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 90% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8900a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8900a, #89b80a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8900a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 144 10 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.30 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.04 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.41 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 10.11 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 10.93 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 11.07 #476ff5 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#b8900a  rgb(184, 144, 10)  hsl(46, 90%, 38%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0a32b8  rgb(10, 50, 184)  hsl(226, 90%, 38%)  Persian Blue
#0ab890  rgb(10, 184, 144)  hsl(166, 90%, 38%)  Mint
#900ab8  rgb(144, 10, 184)  hsl(286, 90%, 38%)  Dark Violet