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#C19B17

#c19b17 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c19b17 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 60.78% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.69% magenta, 88.08% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 46.59°, with 78.7% saturation and 42.35% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 5.47.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3484

Complementary

  1. #c19b17
  2. #173dc1

Split complementary

  1. #c19b17
  2. #1792c1
  3. #4617c1

Analogous

  1. #c14617
  2. #c19b17
  3. #92c117

Triadic

  1. #c19b17
  2. #17c19b
  3. #9b17c1

Tetradic

  1. #c19b17
  2. #3dc117
  3. #173dc1
  4. #9b17c1

Square

  1. #c19b17
  2. #17c146
  3. #173dc1
  4. #c11792

Monochromatic

  1. #382d07
  2. #7d640f
  3. #c19b17
  4. #e8c23d
  5. #f0d781

Shades

#c19b17 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c19b17
  2. #ae8c15
  3. #9a7c12
  4. #876d10
  5. #745d0e
  6. #614e0c
  7. #4d3e09
  8. #3a2f07
  9. #271f05
  10. #131002
  11. #000000

Tints

#c19b17 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c19b17
  2. #c7a52e
  3. #cdaf45
  4. #d4b95d
  5. #dac374
  6. #e0cd8b
  7. #e6d7a2
  8. #ece1b9
  9. #f3ebd1
  10. #f9f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c19b17 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c19b17
  2. #bb9822
  3. #b4962c
  4. #ae9337
  5. #a79041
  6. #a18e4c
  7. #9a8b56
  8. #948861
  9. #8d856b
  10. #878376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae9e7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a422 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d28d84 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69a00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bba01e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cb9369 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c19b17 {
  color: #c19b17;
}
Background
.bg-c19b17 {
  background-color: #c19b17;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c19b17 {
  border: 2px solid #c19b17;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c19b17;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 155 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 79% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c19b17 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c19b17, #92c117);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c19b17 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 155 23 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.47 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.73 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.26 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.45 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.66 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.46 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.13 #3e64e8 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#c19b17  rgb(193, 155, 23)  hsl(47, 79%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#173dc1  rgb(23, 61, 193)  hsl(227, 79%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#17c19b  rgb(23, 193, 155)  hsl(167, 79%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#9b17c1  rgb(155, 23, 193)  hsl(287, 79%, 42%)  Dark Violet