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#CA8903

#ca8903 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ca8903 is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 53.73% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 32.18% magenta, 98.51% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 40.4°, with 97.07% saturation and 40.2% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.4.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3045

Complementary

  1. #ca8903
  2. #0344ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca8903
  2. #03a8ca
  3. #2503ca

Analogous

  1. #ca2503
  2. #ca8903
  3. #a8ca03

Triadic

  1. #ca8903
  2. #03ca89
  3. #8903ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca8903
  2. #44ca03
  3. #0344ca
  4. #8903ca

Square

  1. #ca8903
  2. #03ca25
  3. #0344ca
  4. #ca03a8

Monochromatic

  1. #332301
  2. #7f5602
  3. #ca8903
  4. #fcb31e
  5. #fdcd69

Shades

#ca8903 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca8903
  2. #b67b03
  3. #a26e02
  4. #8d6002
  5. #795202
  6. #654502
  7. #513701
  8. #3d2901
  9. #281b01
  10. #140e00
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca8903 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca8903
  2. #cf951c
  3. #d5a135
  4. #daac4f
  5. #dfb868
  6. #e5c481
  7. #ead09a
  8. #efdcb3
  9. #f4e7cd
  10. #faf3e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca8903 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca8903
  2. #c38810
  3. #bb871c
  4. #b48629
  5. #ac8535
  6. #a58542
  7. #9e844e
  8. #96835b
  9. #8f8267
  10. #878174
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad9177 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a08d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b09c0f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd7874 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b38b00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb950a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d67f5c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca8903 {
  color: #ca8903;
}
Background
.bg-ca8903 {
  background-color: #ca8903;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca8903 {
  border: 2px solid #ca8903;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca8903;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 137 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 97% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca8903 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca8903, #a8ca03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca8903 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 137 3 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.40 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.17 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 7.76 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.91 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 8.32 #cd853f Peru ΔE 8.42 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 8.50 #3576fc Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ca8903  rgb(202, 137, 3)  hsl(40, 97%, 40%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0344ca  rgb(3, 68, 202)  hsl(220, 97%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#03ca89  rgb(3, 202, 137)  hsl(160, 97%, 40%)  Caribbean Green
#8903ca  rgb(137, 3, 202)  hsl(280, 97%, 40%)  Dark Violet