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#C6900A

#c6900a ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c6900a is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 56.47% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.27% magenta, 94.95% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 42.77°, with 90.38% saturation and 40.78% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 3.68.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3197

Complementary

  1. #c6900a
  2. #0a40c6

Split complementary

  1. #c6900a
  2. #0a9ec6
  3. #320ac6

Analogous

  1. #c6320a
  2. #c6900a
  3. #9ec60a

Triadic

  1. #c6900a
  2. #0ac690
  3. #900ac6

Tetradic

  1. #c6900a
  2. #40c60a
  3. #0a40c6
  4. #900ac6

Square

  1. #c6900a
  2. #0ac632
  3. #0a40c6
  4. #c60a9e

Monochromatic

  1. #342603
  2. #7d5b06
  3. #c6900a
  4. #f4ba28
  5. #f8d171

Shades

#c6900a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6900a
  2. #b28209
  3. #9e7308
  4. #8b6507
  5. #775606
  6. #634805
  7. #4f3a04
  8. #3b2b03
  9. #281d02
  10. #140e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6900a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6900a
  2. #cc9b23
  3. #d1a63b
  4. #d7b154
  5. #ddbc6c
  6. #e3c885
  7. #e8d39d
  8. #eedeb6
  9. #f4e9ce
  10. #f9f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6900a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6900a
  2. #bf8e16
  3. #b88d22
  4. #b18b2d
  5. #aa8a39
  6. #a38845
  7. #9c8651
  8. #95855d
  9. #8e8368
  10. #878274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad967a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b29f16 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d8807b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b39100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ba9912 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d18761 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6900a {
  color: #c6900a;
}
Background
.bg-c6900a {
  background-color: #c6900a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6900a {
  border: 2px solid #c6900a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6900a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 144 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 90% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6900a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6900a, #9ec60a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6900a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 144 10 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 3.68 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.21 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.41 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.48 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.65 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 10.72 #396ff5 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c6900a  rgb(198, 144, 10)  hsl(43, 90%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0a40c6  rgb(10, 64, 198)  hsl(223, 90%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#0ac690  rgb(10, 198, 144)  hsl(163, 90%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#900ac6  rgb(144, 10, 198)  hsl(283, 90%, 41%)  Dark Violet