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#CA8917

#ca8917 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca8917 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 53.73% green and 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 32.18% magenta, 88.61% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 38.21°, with 79.56% saturation and 44.12% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.79.

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Relative luminance0.3051

Complementary

  1. #ca8917
  2. #1758ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca8917
  2. #17b2ca
  3. #2f17ca

Analogous

  1. #ca2f17
  2. #ca8917
  3. #b2ca17

Triadic

  1. #ca8917
  2. #17ca89
  3. #8917ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca8917
  2. #58ca17
  3. #1758ca
  4. #8917ca

Square

  1. #ca8917
  2. #17ca2f
  3. #1758ca
  4. #ca17b2

Monochromatic

  1. #412c07
  2. #855a0f
  3. #ca8917
  4. #eaad44
  5. #f2cb89

Shades

#ca8917 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca8917
  2. #b67b15
  3. #a26e12
  4. #8d6010
  5. #79520e
  6. #65450c
  7. #513709
  8. #3d2907
  9. #281b05
  10. #140e02
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca8917 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca8917
  2. #cf952e
  3. #d5a145
  4. #daac5d
  5. #dfb874
  6. #e5c48b
  7. #ead0a2
  8. #efdcb9
  9. #f4e7d1
  10. #faf3e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca8917 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca8917
  2. #c38822
  3. #bb872c
  4. #b48637
  5. #ac8541
  6. #a5854c
  7. #9e8456
  8. #968361
  9. #8f826b
  10. #878176
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad9178 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a08d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #af9c1d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd7875 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b28b01 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb951b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d57f5d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca8917 {
  color: #ca8917;
}
Background
.bg-ca8917 {
  background-color: #ca8917;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca8917 {
  border: 2px solid #ca8917;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca8917;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 137 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 38 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca8917 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca8917, #b2ca17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca8917 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 137 23 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.79 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.36 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 7.20 #cd853f Peru ΔE 7.33 #cd7f32 Bronze ΔE 7.49 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 7.80 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 8.03 #3576e8 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ca8917  rgb(202, 137, 23)  hsl(38, 80%, 44%)  Dark Goldenrod
#1758ca  rgb(23, 88, 202)  hsl(218, 80%, 44%)  Sapphire
#17ca89  rgb(23, 202, 137)  hsl(158, 80%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#8917ca  rgb(137, 23, 202)  hsl(278, 80%, 44%)  Dark Violet