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#CA911E

#ca911e ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca911e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 56.86% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.22% magenta, 85.15% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 40.12°, with 74.14% saturation and 45.49% 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.329

Complementary

  1. #ca911e
  2. #1e57ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca911e
  2. #1eadca
  3. #3b1eca

Analogous

  1. #ca3b1e
  2. #ca911e
  3. #adca1e

Triadic

  1. #ca911e
  2. #1eca91
  3. #911eca

Tetradic

  1. #ca911e
  2. #57ca1e
  3. #1e57ca
  4. #911eca

Square

  1. #ca911e
  2. #1eca3b
  3. #1e57ca
  4. #ca1ead

Monochromatic

  1. #45310a
  2. #876114
  3. #ca911e
  4. #e5b350
  5. #efd092

Shades

#ca911e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca911e
  2. #b6831b
  3. #a27418
  4. #8d6615
  5. #795712
  6. #65490f
  7. #513a0c
  8. #3d2c09
  9. #281d06
  10. #140f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca911e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca911e
  2. #cf9c35
  3. #d5a74b
  4. #dab262
  5. #dfbd78
  6. #e5c88f
  7. #ead3a5
  8. #efdebc
  9. #f4e9d2
  10. #faf4e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca911e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca911e
  2. #c38f28
  3. #bb8e32
  4. #b48c3b
  5. #ac8a45
  6. #a5894f
  7. #9e8759
  8. #968563
  9. #8f836c
  10. #878276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0977c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a124 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc817c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6920c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd9b22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58864 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca911e {
  color: #ca911e;
}
Background
.bg-ca911e {
  background-color: #ca911e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca911e {
  border: 2px solid #ca911e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca911e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 145 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 74% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca911e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca911e, #adca1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca911e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 145 30 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.43 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.43 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.23 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.77 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.28 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 9.19 #cd853f Peru ΔE 9.54 #356ee1 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ca911e  rgb(202, 145, 30)  hsl(40, 74%, 45%)  Dark Goldenrod
#1e57ca  rgb(30, 87, 202)  hsl(220, 74%, 45%)  Sapphire
#1eca91  rgb(30, 202, 145)  hsl(160, 74%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#911eca  rgb(145, 30, 202)  hsl(280, 74%, 45%)  Dark Violet