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#C29916

#c29916 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c29916 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 60% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.13% magenta, 88.66% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 45.7°, with 79.63% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 5.19.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3431

Complementary

  1. #c29916
  2. #163fc2

Split complementary

  1. #c29916
  2. #1695c2
  3. #4316c2

Analogous

  1. #c24316
  2. #c29916
  3. #95c216

Triadic

  1. #c29916
  2. #16c299
  3. #9916c2

Tetradic

  1. #c29916
  2. #3fc216
  3. #163fc2
  4. #9916c2

Square

  1. #c29916
  2. #16c243
  3. #163fc2
  4. #c21695

Monochromatic

  1. #392d06
  2. #7d630e
  3. #c29916
  4. #e9c03c
  5. #f1d680

Shades

#c29916 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c29916
  2. #af8a14
  3. #9b7a12
  4. #886b0f
  5. #745c0d
  6. #614d0b
  7. #4e3d09
  8. #3a2e07
  9. #271f04
  10. #130f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#c29916 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c29916
  2. #c8a32d
  3. #cead45
  4. #d4b85c
  5. #dac273
  6. #e1cc8b
  7. #e7d6a2
  8. #ede0b9
  9. #f3ebd0
  10. #f9f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c29916 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c29916
  2. #bb9721
  3. #b5942b
  4. #ae9236
  5. #a88f40
  6. #a18d4b
  7. #9a8a56
  8. #948860
  9. #8d856b
  10. #878375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae9c7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a321 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d38a83 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb9f1d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cc9068 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c29916 {
  color: #c29916;
}
Background
.bg-c29916 {
  background-color: #c29916;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c29916 {
  border: 2px solid #c29916;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c29916;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 153 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 80% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c29916 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c29916, #95c216);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c29916 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 153 22 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.19 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.25 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.41 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.29 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.71 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 8.77 #3d66e9 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#c29916  rgb(194, 153, 22)  hsl(46, 80%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#163fc2  rgb(22, 63, 194)  hsl(226, 80%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#16c299  rgb(22, 194, 153)  hsl(166, 80%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#9916c2  rgb(153, 22, 194)  hsl(286, 80%, 42%)  Dark Violet