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#BE900C

#be900c ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#be900c is a color from the brown family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 56.47% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.21% magenta, 93.68% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 44.49°, with 88.12% saturation and 39.61% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with reliability, warmth and earthiness. Designers typically use it for cafés and coffee brands, rustic and natural styles and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 3.47.

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Relative luminance0.3092

Complementary

  1. #be900c
  2. #0c3abe

Split complementary

  1. #be900c
  2. #0c93be
  3. #370cbe

Analogous

  1. #be370c
  2. #be900c
  3. #93be0c

Triadic

  1. #be900c
  2. #0cbe90
  3. #900cbe

Tetradic

  1. #be900c
  2. #3abe0c
  3. #0c3abe
  4. #900cbe

Square

  1. #be900c
  2. #0cbe37
  3. #0c3abe
  4. #be0c93

Monochromatic

  1. #2e2303
  2. #765907
  3. #be900c
  4. #f1bd25
  5. #f6d26d

Shades

#be900c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be900c
  2. #ab820b
  3. #98730a
  4. #856508
  5. #725607
  6. #5f4806
  7. #4c3a05
  8. #392b04
  9. #261d02
  10. #130e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#be900c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be900c
  2. #c59b24
  3. #cba63d
  4. #d2b155
  5. #d8bc6d
  6. #dfc886
  7. #e5d39e
  8. #ecdeb6
  9. #f2e9ce
  10. #f9f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be900c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be900c
  2. #b88e18
  3. #b28d23
  4. #ab8b2f
  5. #a58a3a
  6. #9f8846
  7. #998652
  8. #93855d
  9. #8c8369
  10. #868274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a89478 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #af9c19 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf817b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b59714 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c88761 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be900c {
  color: #be900c;
}
Background
.bg-be900c {
  background-color: #be900c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be900c {
  border: 2px solid #be900c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be900c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 144 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 88% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be900c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be900c, #93be0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be900c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 144 12 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 3.47 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.84 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 8.44 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.02 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 9.53 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 10.53 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 10.96 #416ff3 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#be900c  rgb(190, 144, 12)  hsl(44, 88%, 40%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0c3abe  rgb(12, 58, 190)  hsl(224, 88%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#0cbe90  rgb(12, 190, 144)  hsl(164, 88%, 40%)  Mint
#900cbe  rgb(144, 12, 190)  hsl(284, 88%, 40%)  Dark Violet