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#C99208

#c99208 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#c99208 is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 57.25% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.36% magenta, 96.02% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 42.9°, with 92.34% saturation and 40.98% 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 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3299

Complementary

  1. #c99208
  2. #083fc9

Split complementary

  1. #c99208
  2. #08a0c9
  3. #3108c9

Analogous

  1. #c93108
  2. #c99208
  3. #a0c908

Triadic

  1. #c99208
  2. #08c992
  3. #9208c9

Tetradic

  1. #c99208
  2. #3fc908
  3. #083fc9
  4. #9208c9

Square

  1. #c99208
  2. #08c931
  3. #083fc9
  4. #c908a0

Monochromatic

  1. #362702
  2. #7f5d05
  3. #c99208
  4. #f6bb27
  5. #f9d271

Shades

#c99208 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c99208
  2. #b58307
  3. #a17506
  4. #8d6606
  5. #795805
  6. #654904
  7. #503a03
  8. #3c2c02
  9. #281d02
  10. #140f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#c99208 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c99208
  2. #ce9d21
  3. #d4a839
  4. #d9b352
  5. #dfbe6b
  6. #e4c984
  7. #e9d39c
  8. #efdeb5
  9. #f4e9ce
  10. #faf4e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c99208 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c99208
  2. #c29014
  3. #ba8e20
  4. #b38d2c
  5. #ac8b38
  6. #a58944
  7. #9d8750
  8. #96855c
  9. #8f8468
  10. #878274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0987b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a116 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db827c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd9b11 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d48962 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c99208 {
  color: #c99208;
}
Background
.bg-c99208 {
  background-color: #c99208;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c99208 {
  border: 2px solid #c99208;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c99208;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 146 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 92% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c99208 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c99208, #a0c908);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c99208 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 146 8 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.43 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.53 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.81 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.01 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.23 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 10.29 #366df7 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c99208  rgb(201, 146, 8)  hsl(43, 92%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod
#083fc9  rgb(8, 63, 201)  hsl(223, 92%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#08c992  rgb(8, 201, 146)  hsl(163, 92%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#9208c9  rgb(146, 8, 201)  hsl(283, 92%, 41%)  Dark Violet