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#BA9012

#ba9012 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ba9012 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 56.47% green and 7.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.58% magenta, 90.32% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 45°, with 82.35% saturation and 40% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.3043

Complementary

  1. #ba9012
  2. #123cba

Split complementary

  1. #ba9012
  2. #1290ba
  3. #3c12ba

Analogous

  1. #ba3c12
  2. #ba9012
  3. #90ba12

Triadic

  1. #ba9012
  2. #12ba90
  3. #9012ba

Tetradic

  1. #ba9012
  2. #3cba12
  3. #123cba
  4. #9012ba

Square

  1. #ba9012
  2. #12ba3c
  3. #123cba
  4. #ba1290

Monochromatic

  1. #2e2405
  2. #745a0b
  3. #ba9012
  4. #ebbb2e
  5. #f1d274

Shades

#ba9012 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba9012
  2. #a78210
  3. #95730e
  4. #82650d
  5. #70560b
  6. #5d4809
  7. #4a3a07
  8. #382b05
  9. #251d04
  10. #130e02
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba9012 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba9012
  2. #c19b2a
  3. #c8a641
  4. #cfb159
  5. #d6bc71
  6. #ddc889
  7. #e3d3a0
  8. #eadeb8
  9. #f1e9d0
  10. #f8f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba9012 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba9012
  2. #b48e1d
  3. #ae8d28
  4. #a98b33
  5. #a38a3e
  6. #9d8849
  7. #978654
  8. #91855f
  9. #8c836a
  10. #868275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a69477 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a38f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9a1d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb827b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b29619 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c48861 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba9012 {
  color: #ba9012;
}
Background
.bg-ba9012 {
  background-color: #ba9012;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba9012 {
  border: 2px solid #ba9012;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba9012;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 144 18;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 82% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba9012 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba9012, #90ba12);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba9012 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 144 18 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 3.81 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.42 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.00 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 9.48 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.71 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 10.47 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 11.08 #456fed Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ba9012  rgb(186, 144, 18)  hsl(45, 82%, 40%)  Dark Goldenrod
#123cba  rgb(18, 60, 186)  hsl(225, 82%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#12ba90  rgb(18, 186, 144)  hsl(165, 82%, 40%)  Mint
#9012ba  rgb(144, 18, 186)  hsl(285, 82%, 40%)  Dark Violet