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#C59627

#c59627 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c59627 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 58.82% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.86% magenta, 80.2% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 42.15°, with 66.95% saturation and 46.27% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 5.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3383

Complementary

  1. #c59627
  2. #2756c5

Split complementary

  1. #c59627
  2. #27a5c5
  3. #4727c5

Analogous

  1. #c54727
  2. #c59627
  3. #a5c527

Triadic

  1. #c59627
  2. #27c596
  3. #9627c5

Tetradic

  1. #c59627
  2. #56c527
  3. #2756c5
  4. #9627c5

Square

  1. #c59627
  2. #27c547
  3. #2756c5
  4. #c527a5

Monochromatic

  1. #45350e
  2. #85651a
  3. #c59627
  4. #deb75a
  5. #ebd39a

Shades

#c59627 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c59627
  2. #b18723
  3. #9e781f
  4. #8a691b
  5. #765a17
  6. #634b14
  7. #4f3c10
  8. #3b2d0c
  9. #271e08
  10. #140f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#c59627 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c59627
  2. #cba13d
  3. #d1ab52
  4. #d6b668
  5. #dcc07d
  6. #e2cb93
  7. #e8d5a9
  8. #eee0be
  9. #f3ead4
  10. #f9f5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c59627 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c59627
  2. #be9430
  3. #b79239
  4. #b08f42
  5. #a98d4b
  6. #a38b54
  7. #9c895c
  8. #958765
  9. #8e846e
  10. #878277
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af9a7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa960e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a22d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d68781 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5961b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bc9d2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d08d69 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c59627 {
  color: #c59627;
}
Background
.bg-c59627 {
  background-color: #c59627;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c59627 {
  border: 2px solid #c59627;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c59627;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 150 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 67% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c59627 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c59627, #a5c527);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c59627 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 150 39 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.00 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.19 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.05 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.52 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.84 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.65 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.35 #3a69d8 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c59627  rgb(197, 150, 39)  hsl(42, 67%, 46%)  Dark Goldenrod
#2756c5  rgb(39, 86, 197)  hsl(222, 67%, 46%)  Sapphire
#27c596  rgb(39, 197, 150)  hsl(162, 67%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#9627c5  rgb(150, 39, 197)  hsl(282, 67%, 46%)  Dark Orchid