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#C4972E

#c4972e ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c4972e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 59.22% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.96% magenta, 76.53% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 42°, with 61.98% saturation and 47.45% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 5.35.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3407

Complementary

  1. #c4972e
  2. #2e5bc4

Split complementary

  1. #c4972e
  2. #2ea6c4
  3. #4c2ec4

Analogous

  1. #c44c2e
  2. #c4972e
  3. #a6c42e

Triadic

  1. #c4972e
  2. #2ec497
  3. #972ec4

Tetradic

  1. #c4972e
  2. #5bc42e
  3. #2e5bc4
  4. #972ec4

Square

  1. #c4972e
  2. #2ec44c
  3. #2e5bc4
  4. #c42ea6

Monochromatic

  1. #483811
  2. #86671f
  3. #c4972e
  4. #dbb764
  5. #e9d4a2

Shades

#c4972e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c4972e
  2. #b08829
  3. #9d7925
  4. #896a20
  5. #765b1c
  6. #624c17
  7. #4e3c12
  8. #3b2d0e
  9. #271e09
  10. #140f05
  11. #000000

Tints

#c4972e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c4972e
  2. #caa143
  3. #d0ac58
  4. #d6b66d
  5. #dcc182
  6. #e2cb97
  7. #e7d5ab
  8. #ede0c0
  9. #f3ead5
  10. #f9f5ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c4972e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c4972e
  2. #bd9536
  3. #b6923e
  4. #b09047
  5. #a98e4f
  6. #a28c57
  7. #9b895f
  8. #948767
  9. #8e8570
  10. #878278
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae9b80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa971c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a333 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d58982 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b59724 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb9e31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ce8f6b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c4972e {
  color: #c4972e;
}
Background
.bg-c4972e {
  background-color: #c4972e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c4972e {
  border: 2px solid #c4972e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c4972e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 151 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 62% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c4972e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c4972e, #a6c42e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c4972e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 151 46 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.35 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.28 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.45 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 8.13 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.25 #3b68d1 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c4972e  rgb(196, 151, 46)  hsl(42, 62%, 47%)  Dark Goldenrod
#2e5bc4  rgb(46, 91, 196)  hsl(222, 62%, 47%)  Sapphire
#2ec497  rgb(46, 196, 151)  hsl(162, 62%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#972ec4  rgb(151, 46, 196)  hsl(282, 62%, 47%)  Dark Orchid