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#CA8906

#ca8906 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ca8906 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 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 32.18% magenta, 97.03% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 40.1°, with 94.23% saturation and 40.78% 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 4.44.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3046

Complementary

  1. #ca8906
  2. #0647ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca8906
  2. #06a9ca
  3. #2706ca

Analogous

  1. #ca2706
  2. #ca8906
  3. #a9ca06

Triadic

  1. #ca8906
  2. #06ca89
  3. #8906ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca8906
  2. #47ca06
  3. #0647ca
  4. #8906ca

Square

  1. #ca8906
  2. #06ca27
  3. #0647ca
  4. #ca06a9

Monochromatic

  1. #352402
  2. #805704
  3. #ca8906
  4. #f8b224
  5. #fbcc6e

Shades

#ca8906 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca8906
  2. #b67b05
  3. #a26e05
  4. #8d6004
  5. #795204
  6. #654503
  7. #513702
  8. #3d2902
  9. #281b01
  10. #140e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca8906 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca8906
  2. #cf951f
  3. #d5a138
  4. #daac51
  5. #dfb86a
  6. #e5c483
  7. #ead09b
  8. #efdcb4
  9. #f4e7cd
  10. #faf3e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca8906 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca8906
  2. #c38812
  3. #bb871e
  4. #b4862b
  5. #ac8537
  6. #a58543
  7. #9e844f
  8. #96835b
  9. #8f8268
  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 #b09c11 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd7875 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b28b00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb950d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d67f5c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca8906 {
  color: #ca8906;
}
Background
.bg-ca8906 {
  background-color: #ca8906;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca8906 {
  border: 2px solid #ca8906;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca8906;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 137 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 94% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca8906 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca8906, #a9ca06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca8906 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 137 6 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.44 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.18 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 7.68 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.92 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 8.25 #cd853f Peru ΔE 8.29 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 8.38 #3576f9 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ca8906  rgb(202, 137, 6)  hsl(40, 94%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0647ca  rgb(6, 71, 202)  hsl(220, 94%, 41%)  Cobalt Blue
#06ca89  rgb(6, 202, 137)  hsl(160, 94%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#8906ca  rgb(137, 6, 202)  hsl(280, 94%, 41%)  Dark Violet