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#C8951F

#c8951f ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c8951f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 58.43% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.5% magenta, 84.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 41.89°, with 73.16% saturation and 45.29% 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 4.85.

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Relative luminance0.3387

Complementary

  1. #c8951f
  2. #1f52c8

Split complementary

  1. #c8951f
  2. #1fa6c8
  3. #401fc8

Analogous

  1. #c8401f
  2. #c8951f
  3. #a6c81f

Triadic

  1. #c8951f
  2. #1fc895
  3. #951fc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8951f
  2. #52c81f
  3. #1f52c8
  4. #951fc8

Square

  1. #c8951f
  2. #1fc840
  3. #1f52c8
  4. #c81fa6

Monochromatic

  1. #44320a
  2. #866415
  3. #c8951f
  4. #e4b750
  5. #eed292

Shades

#c8951f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8951f
  2. #b4861c
  3. #a07719
  4. #8c6816
  5. #785913
  6. #644b10
  7. #503c0c
  8. #3c2d09
  9. #281e06
  10. #140f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8951f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8951f
  2. #cea035
  3. #d3aa4c
  4. #d9b562
  5. #debf79
  6. #e4ca8f
  7. #e9d5a5
  8. #efdfbc
  9. #f4ead2
  10. #faf4e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8951f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8951f
  2. #c19329
  3. #ba9132
  4. #b28f3c
  5. #ab8d46
  6. #a48b50
  7. #9d8859
  8. #968663
  9. #8e846d
  10. #878276
  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 #b09a7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa9600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a326 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da8680 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7950d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd9d23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d38c67 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8951f {
  color: #c8951f;
}
Background
.bg-c8951f {
  background-color: #c8951f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8951f {
  border: 2px solid #c8951f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8951f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 149 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 73% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8951f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8951f, #a6c81f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8951f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 149 31 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.85 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.99 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.16 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.12 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.00 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.51 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.50 #376ae0 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c8951f  rgb(200, 149, 31)  hsl(42, 73%, 45%)  Dark Goldenrod
#1f52c8  rgb(31, 82, 200)  hsl(222, 73%, 45%)  Sapphire
#1fc895  rgb(31, 200, 149)  hsl(162, 73%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#951fc8  rgb(149, 31, 200)  hsl(282, 73%, 45%)  Dark Violet