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#C6942E

#c6942e ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c6942e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 58.04% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.25% magenta, 76.77% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 40.26°, with 62.3% saturation and 47.84% 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 7.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.7.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3338

Complementary

  1. #c6942e
  2. #2e60c6

Split complementary

  1. #c6942e
  2. #2eacc6
  3. #482ec6

Analogous

  1. #c6482e
  2. #c6942e
  3. #acc62e

Triadic

  1. #c6942e
  2. #2ec694
  3. #942ec6

Tetradic

  1. #c6942e
  2. #60c62e
  3. #2e60c6
  4. #942ec6

Square

  1. #c6942e
  2. #2ec648
  3. #2e60c6
  4. #c62eac

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3711
  2. #886620
  3. #c6942e
  4. #dbb465
  5. #ead3a3

Shades

#c6942e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c6942e
  2. #b28529
  3. #9e7625
  4. #8b6820
  5. #77591c
  6. #634a17
  7. #4f3b12
  8. #3b2c0e
  9. #281e09
  10. #140f05
  11. #000000

Tints

#c6942e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c6942e
  2. #cc9f43
  3. #d1a958
  4. #d7b46d
  5. #ddbf82
  6. #e3ca97
  7. #e8d4ab
  8. #eedfc0
  9. #f4ead5
  10. #f9f4ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c6942e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c6942e
  2. #bf9236
  3. #b8903e
  4. #b18e47
  5. #aa8c4f
  6. #a38a57
  7. #9c885f
  8. #958667
  9. #8e8470
  10. #878278
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af997f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8951d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a133 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d78580 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b59525 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb9c31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d18b69 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c6942e {
  color: #c6942e;
}
Background
.bg-c6942e {
  background-color: #c6942e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c6942e {
  border: 2px solid #c6942e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c6942e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 148 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 62% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c6942e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c6942e, #acc62e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c6942e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 148 46 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.70 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.96 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.57 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.51 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.91 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.64 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 9.74 #396bd1 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c6942e  rgb(198, 148, 46)  hsl(40, 62%, 48%)  Dark Goldenrod
#2e60c6  rgb(46, 96, 198)  hsl(220, 62%, 48%)  Denim
#2ec694  rgb(46, 198, 148)  hsl(160, 62%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#942ec6  rgb(148, 46, 198)  hsl(280, 62%, 48%)  Dark Orchid