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#CA951A

#ca951a ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca951a 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 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.24% magenta, 87.13% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 41.93°, with 77.19% saturation and 44.71% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.81.

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Relative luminance0.3413

Complementary

  1. #ca951a
  2. #1a4fca

Split complementary

  1. #ca951a
  2. #1aa7ca
  3. #3d1aca

Analogous

  1. #ca3d1a
  2. #ca951a
  3. #a7ca1a

Triadic

  1. #ca951a
  2. #1aca95
  3. #951aca

Tetradic

  1. #ca951a
  2. #4fca1a
  3. #1a4fca
  4. #951aca

Square

  1. #ca951a
  2. #1aca3d
  3. #1a4fca
  4. #ca1aa7

Monochromatic

  1. #423109
  2. #866311
  3. #ca951a
  4. #e8b849
  5. #f0d28d

Shades

#ca951a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca951a
  2. #b68617
  3. #a27715
  4. #8d6812
  5. #795910
  6. #654b0d
  7. #513c0a
  8. #3d2d08
  9. #281e05
  10. #140f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca951a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca951a
  2. #cfa031
  3. #d5aa48
  4. #dab55f
  5. #dfbf76
  6. #e5ca8d
  7. #ead5a3
  8. #efdfba
  9. #f4ead1
  10. #faf4e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca951a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca951a
  2. #c39324
  3. #bb912e
  4. #b48f39
  5. #ac8d43
  6. #a58b4d
  7. #9e8857
  8. #968661
  9. #8f846c
  10. #878276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b19a7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa9600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a322 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc857f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b89602 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf9e1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58c66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca951a {
  color: #ca951a;
}
Background
.bg-ca951a {
  background-color: #ca951a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca951a {
  border: 2px solid #ca951a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca951a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 149 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 77% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca951a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca951a, #a7ca1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca951a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 149 26 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.81 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.02 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.68 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.71 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.13 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.45 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.45 #356ae5 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca951a  rgb(202, 149, 26)  hsl(42, 77%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#1a4fca  rgb(26, 79, 202)  hsl(222, 77%, 45%)  Sapphire
#1aca95  rgb(26, 202, 149)  hsl(162, 77%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#951aca  rgb(149, 26, 202)  hsl(282, 77%, 45%)  Dark Violet