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#C69E2E

#c69e2e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c69e2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 61.96% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.2% magenta, 76.77% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 44.21°, 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.44.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3666

Complementary

  1. #c69e2e
  2. #2e56c6

Split complementary

  1. #c69e2e
  2. #2ea2c6
  3. #522ec6

Analogous

  1. #c6522e
  2. #c69e2e
  3. #a2c62e

Triadic

  1. #c69e2e
  2. #2ec69e
  3. #9e2ec6

Tetradic

  1. #c69e2e
  2. #56c62e
  3. #2e56c6
  4. #9e2ec6

Square

  1. #c69e2e
  2. #2ec652
  3. #2e56c6
  4. #c62ea2

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3b11
  2. #886c20
  3. #c69e2e
  4. #dbbc65
  5. #ead7a3

Shades

#c69e2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c69e2e
  2. #b28e29
  3. #9e7e25
  4. #8b6f20
  5. #775f1c
  6. #634f17
  7. #4f3f12
  8. #3b2f0e
  9. #282009
  10. #141005
  11. #000000

Tints

#c69e2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c69e2e
  2. #cca843
  3. #d1b158
  4. #d7bb6d
  5. #ddc582
  6. #e3cf97
  7. #e8d8ab
  8. #eee2c0
  9. #f4ecd5
  10. #f9f5ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c69e2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c69e2e
  2. #bf9b36
  3. #b8983e
  4. #b19547
  5. #aa924f
  6. #a38f57
  7. #9c8c5f
  8. #958967
  9. #8e8670
  10. #878378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a184 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19d1a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba834 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d79088 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9d23 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfa432 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d0966f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c69e2e {
  color: #c69e2e;
}
Background
.bg-c69e2e {
  background-color: #c69e2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c69e2e {
  border: 2px solid #c69e2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c69e2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 158 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 62% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c69e2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c69e2e, #a2c62e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c69e2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 158 46 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.44 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.88 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.38 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.45 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.55 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.34 #3961d1 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#c69e2e  rgb(198, 158, 46)  hsl(44, 62%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#2e56c6  rgb(46, 86, 198)  hsl(224, 62%, 48%)  Sapphire
#2ec69e  rgb(46, 198, 158)  hsl(164, 62%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#9e2ec6  rgb(158, 46, 198)  hsl(284, 62%, 48%)  Dark Orchid