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#CA9412

#ca9412 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca9412 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 58.04% green and 7.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.73% magenta, 91.09% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 42.39°, with 83.64% saturation and 43.14% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3378

Complementary

  1. #ca9412
  2. #1248ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca9412
  2. #12a4ca
  3. #3812ca

Analogous

  1. #ca3812
  2. #ca9412
  3. #a4ca12

Triadic

  1. #ca9412
  2. #12ca94
  3. #9412ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca9412
  2. #48ca12
  3. #1248ca
  4. #9412ca

Square

  1. #ca9412
  2. #12ca38
  3. #1248ca
  4. #ca12a4

Monochromatic

  1. #3e2d05
  2. #84610c
  3. #ca9412
  4. #eeb93b
  5. #f4d281

Shades

#ca9412 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca9412
  2. #b68510
  3. #a2760e
  4. #8d680d
  5. #79590b
  6. #654a09
  7. #513b07
  8. #3d2c05
  9. #281e04
  10. #140f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca9412 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca9412
  2. #cf9f2a
  3. #d5a941
  4. #dab459
  5. #dfbf71
  6. #e5ca89
  7. #ead4a0
  8. #efdfb8
  9. #f4ead0
  10. #faf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca9412 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca9412
  2. #c3921d
  3. #bb9028
  4. #b48e33
  5. #ac8c3e
  6. #a58a49
  7. #9e8854
  8. #96865f
  9. #8f846a
  10. #878275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b19a7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa9500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a31c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc847e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b89500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf9d18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58b64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca9412 {
  color: #ca9412;
}
Background
.bg-ca9412 {
  background-color: #ca9412;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca9412 {
  border: 2px solid #ca9412;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca9412;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 148 18;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 84% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca9412 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca9412, #a4ca12);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca9412 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 148 18 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.99 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.65 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.77 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.43 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.78 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.71 #356bed Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ca9412  rgb(202, 148, 18)  hsl(42, 84%, 43%)  Dark Goldenrod
#1248ca  rgb(18, 72, 202)  hsl(222, 84%, 43%)  Sapphire
#12ca94  rgb(18, 202, 148)  hsl(162, 84%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#9412ca  rgb(148, 18, 202)  hsl(282, 84%, 43%)  Dark Violet