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#CA950F

#ca950f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca950f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 58.43% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.24% magenta, 92.57% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 42.99°, with 86.18% saturation and 42.55% 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 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3409

Complementary

  1. #ca950f
  2. #0f44ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca950f
  2. #0fa2ca
  3. #370fca

Analogous

  1. #ca370f
  2. #ca950f
  3. #a2ca0f

Triadic

  1. #ca950f
  2. #0fca95
  3. #950fca

Tetradic

  1. #ca950f
  2. #44ca0f
  3. #0f44ca
  4. #950fca

Square

  1. #ca950f
  2. #0fca37
  3. #0f44ca
  4. #ca0fa2

Monochromatic

  1. #3c2c04
  2. #83600a
  3. #ca950f
  4. #f0bb35
  5. #f5d37d

Shades

#ca950f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca950f
  2. #b6860e
  3. #a2770c
  4. #8d680b
  5. #795909
  6. #654b08
  7. #513c06
  8. #3d2d05
  9. #281e03
  10. #140f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca950f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca950f
  2. #cfa027
  3. #d5aa3f
  4. #dab557
  5. #dfbf6f
  6. #e5ca87
  7. #ead59f
  8. #efdfb7
  9. #f4eacf
  10. #faf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca950f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca950f
  2. #c3931a
  3. #bb9126
  4. #b48f31
  5. #ac8d3c
  6. #a58b48
  7. #9e8853
  8. #96865e
  9. #8f8469
  10. #878275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b19a7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a31a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc857f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b89600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf9e16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58c65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca950f {
  color: #ca950f;
}
Background
.bg-ca950f {
  background-color: #ca950f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca950f {
  border: 2px solid #ca950f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca950f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 149 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 86% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca950f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca950f, #a2ca0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca950f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 149 15 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.69 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.11 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.82 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.04 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.92 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.39 #356af0 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca950f  rgb(202, 149, 15)  hsl(43, 86%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0f44ca  rgb(15, 68, 202)  hsl(223, 86%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0fca95  rgb(15, 202, 149)  hsl(163, 86%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#950fca  rgb(149, 15, 202)  hsl(283, 86%, 43%)  Dark Violet