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#BA970A

#ba970a ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ba970a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 59.22% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 94.62% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 48.07°, with 89.8% 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 6.85.

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Relative luminance0.3259

Complementary

  1. #ba970a
  2. #0a2dba

Split complementary

  1. #ba970a
  2. #0a85ba
  3. #3f0aba

Analogous

  1. #ba3f0a
  2. #ba970a
  3. #85ba0a

Triadic

  1. #ba970a
  2. #0aba97
  3. #970aba

Tetradic

  1. #ba970a
  2. #2dba0a
  3. #0a2dba
  4. #970aba

Square

  1. #ba970a
  2. #0aba3f
  3. #0a2dba
  4. #ba0a85

Monochromatic

  1. #292102
  2. #715c06
  3. #ba970a
  4. #f3c81e
  5. #f7da66

Shades

#ba970a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba970a
  2. #a78809
  3. #957908
  4. #826a07
  5. #705b06
  6. #5d4c05
  7. #4a3c04
  8. #382d03
  9. #251e02
  10. #130f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba970a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba970a
  2. #c1a123
  3. #c8ac3b
  4. #cfb654
  5. #d6c16c
  6. #ddcb85
  7. #e3d59d
  8. #eae0b6
  9. #f1eace
  10. #f8f5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba970a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba970a
  2. #b49516
  3. #ae9222
  4. #a9902d
  5. #a38e39
  6. #9d8c45
  7. #978951
  8. #91875d
  9. #8c8568
  10. #868274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8997b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa9500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b29f1a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca8980 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b09600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b59c15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c48f66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba970a {
  color: #ba970a;
}
Background
.bg-ba970a {
  background-color: #ba970a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba970a {
  border: 2px solid #ba970a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba970a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 151 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 90% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba970a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba970a, #85ba0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba970a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 151 10 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.85 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.17 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.45 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.65 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.85 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.05 #4568f5 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ba970a  rgb(186, 151, 10)  hsl(48, 90%, 38%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0a2dba  rgb(10, 45, 186)  hsl(228, 90%, 38%)  Persian Blue
#0aba97  rgb(10, 186, 151)  hsl(168, 90%, 38%)  Mint
#970aba  rgb(151, 10, 186)  hsl(288, 90%, 38%)  Dark Violet