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#C4900A

#c4900a ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c4900a is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 56.47% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.53% magenta, 94.9% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 43.23°, with 90.29% saturation and 40.39% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 3.5.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.317

Complementary

  1. #c4900a
  2. #0a3ec4

Split complementary

  1. #c4900a
  2. #0a9bc4
  3. #330ac4

Analogous

  1. #c4330a
  2. #c4900a
  3. #9bc40a

Triadic

  1. #c4900a
  2. #0ac490
  3. #900ac4

Tetradic

  1. #c4900a
  2. #3ec40a
  3. #0a3ec4
  4. #900ac4

Square

  1. #c4900a
  2. #0ac433
  3. #0a3ec4
  4. #c40a9b

Monochromatic

  1. #322503
  2. #7b5b06
  3. #c4900a
  4. #f4bb27
  5. #f8d26f

Shades

#c4900a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4900a
  2. #b08209
  3. #9d7308
  4. #896507
  5. #765606
  6. #624805
  7. #4e3a04
  8. #3b2b03
  9. #271d02
  10. #140e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4900a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4900a
  2. #ca9b23
  3. #d0a63b
  4. #d6b154
  5. #dcbc6c
  6. #e2c885
  7. #e7d39d
  8. #eddeb6
  9. #f3e9ce
  10. #f9f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4900a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4900a
  2. #bd8e16
  3. #b68d22
  4. #b08b2d
  5. #a98a39
  6. #a28845
  7. #9b8651
  8. #94855d
  9. #8e8368
  10. #878274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ac9579 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a59100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b19e17 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d6807b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b29100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b99912 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cf8761 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4900a {
  color: #c4900a;
}
Background
.bg-c4900a {
  background-color: #c4900a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4900a {
  border: 2px solid #c4900a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4900a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 144 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 90% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4900a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4900a, #9bc40a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4900a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 144 10 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 3.50 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.29 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.90 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 8.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.32 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.92 #3b6ff5 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c4900a  rgb(196, 144, 10)  hsl(43, 90%, 40%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0a3ec4  rgb(10, 62, 196)  hsl(223, 90%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#0ac490  rgb(10, 196, 144)  hsl(163, 90%, 40%)  Caribbean Green
#900ac4  rgb(144, 10, 196)  hsl(283, 90%, 40%)  Dark Violet