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#C49321

#c49321 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c49321 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 57.65% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 83.16% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 41.96°, with 71.18% saturation and 44.9% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.13.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3271

Complementary

  1. #c49321
  2. #2152c4

Split complementary

  1. #c49321
  2. #21a4c4
  3. #4121c4

Analogous

  1. #c44121
  2. #c49321
  3. #a4c421

Triadic

  1. #c49321
  2. #21c493
  3. #9321c4

Tetradic

  1. #c49321
  2. #52c421
  3. #2152c4
  4. #9321c4

Square

  1. #c49321
  2. #21c441
  3. #2152c4
  4. #c421a4

Monochromatic

  1. #41310b
  2. #836216
  3. #c49321
  4. #e2b650
  5. #edd191

Shades

#c49321 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c49321
  2. #b0841e
  3. #9d761a
  4. #896717
  5. #765814
  6. #624a11
  7. #4e3b0d
  8. #3b2c0a
  9. #271d07
  10. #140f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#c49321 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c49321
  2. #ca9e37
  3. #d0a94d
  4. #d6b364
  5. #dcbe7a
  6. #e2c990
  7. #e7d4a6
  8. #eddfbc
  9. #f3e9d3
  10. #f9f4e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c49321 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c49321
  2. #bd912b
  3. #b68f34
  4. #b08d3e
  5. #a98b47
  6. #a28a51
  7. #9b885a
  8. #948664
  9. #8e846d
  10. #878277
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad987c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a027 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d5847e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b49312 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ba9b25 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cf8a65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c49321 {
  color: #c49321;
}
Background
.bg-c49321 {
  background-color: #c49321;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c49321 {
  border: 2px solid #c49321;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c49321;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 147 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 71% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c49321 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c49321, #a4c421);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c49321 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 147 33 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.13 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.81 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.97 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.98 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.44 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.05 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.18 #3b6cde Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c49321  rgb(196, 147, 33)  hsl(42, 71%, 45%)  Dark Goldenrod
#2152c4  rgb(33, 82, 196)  hsl(222, 71%, 45%)  Sapphire
#21c493  rgb(33, 196, 147)  hsl(162, 71%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#9321c4  rgb(147, 33, 196)  hsl(282, 71%, 45%)  Dark Violet