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#C29918

#c29918 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c29918 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 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.13% magenta, 87.63% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 45.53°, with 77.98% saturation and 42.75% 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 5.18.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3432

Complementary

  1. #c29918
  2. #1841c2

Split complementary

  1. #c29918
  2. #1896c2
  3. #4418c2

Analogous

  1. #c24418
  2. #c29918
  3. #96c218

Triadic

  1. #c29918
  2. #18c299
  3. #9918c2

Tetradic

  1. #c29918
  2. #41c218
  3. #1841c2
  4. #9918c2

Square

  1. #c29918
  2. #18c244
  3. #1841c2
  4. #c21896

Monochromatic

  1. #3a2e07
  2. #7e6310
  3. #c29918
  4. #e7bf3f
  5. #f0d683

Shades

#c29918 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c29918
  2. #af8a16
  3. #9b7a13
  4. #886b11
  5. #745c0e
  6. #614d0c
  7. #4e3d0a
  8. #3a2e07
  9. #271f05
  10. #130f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#c29918 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c29918
  2. #c8a32f
  3. #cead46
  4. #d4b85d
  5. #dac274
  6. #e1cc8c
  7. #e7d6a3
  8. #ede0ba
  9. #f3ebd1
  10. #f9f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c29918 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c29918
  2. #bb9722
  3. #b5942d
  4. #ae9237
  5. #a88f42
  6. #a18d4c
  7. #9a8a56
  8. #948861
  9. #8d856b
  10. #878376
  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 #b6a322 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d38a83 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb9f1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cc9068 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c29918 {
  color: #c29918;
}
Background
.bg-c29918 {
  background-color: #c29918;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c29918 {
  border: 2px solid #c29918;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c29918;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 153 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 78% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c29918 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c29918, #96c218);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c29918 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 153 24 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.25 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.37 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.26 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.71 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 8.73 #3d66e7 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#c29918  rgb(194, 153, 24)  hsl(46, 78%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#1841c2  rgb(24, 65, 194)  hsl(226, 78%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#18c299  rgb(24, 194, 153)  hsl(166, 78%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#9918c2  rgb(153, 24, 194)  hsl(286, 78%, 43%)  Dark Violet