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#CA951D

#ca951d ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca951d 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 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.24% magenta, 85.64% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 41.62°, with 74.89% saturation and 45.29% 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 4.87.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3414

Complementary

  1. #ca951d
  2. #1d52ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca951d
  2. #1da8ca
  3. #3e1dca

Analogous

  1. #ca3e1d
  2. #ca951d
  3. #a8ca1d

Triadic

  1. #ca951d
  2. #1dca95
  3. #951dca

Tetradic

  1. #ca951d
  2. #52ca1d
  3. #1d52ca
  4. #951dca

Square

  1. #ca951d
  2. #1dca3e
  3. #1d52ca
  4. #ca1da8

Monochromatic

  1. #44320a
  2. #876413
  3. #ca951d
  4. #e6b74e
  5. #efd291

Shades

#ca951d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca951d
  2. #b6861a
  3. #a27717
  4. #8d6814
  5. #795911
  6. #654b0f
  7. #513c0c
  8. #3d2d09
  9. #281e06
  10. #140f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca951d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca951d
  2. #cfa034
  3. #d5aa4a
  4. #dab561
  5. #dfbf77
  6. #e5ca8e
  7. #ead5a5
  8. #efdfbb
  9. #f4ead2
  10. #faf4e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca951d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca951d
  2. #c39327
  3. #bb9131
  4. #b48f3b
  5. #ac8d45
  6. #a58b4f
  7. #9e8858
  8. #968662
  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 #b7a324 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8580 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b89609 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf9e22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58c66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca951d {
  color: #ca951d;
}
Background
.bg-ca951d {
  background-color: #ca951d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca951d {
  border: 2px solid #ca951d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca951d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 149 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 75% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca951d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca951d, #a8ca1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca951d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 149 29 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.87 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.01 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.65 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.67 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.18 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.29 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.49 #356ae2 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca951d  rgb(202, 149, 29)  hsl(42, 75%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#1d52ca  rgb(29, 82, 202)  hsl(222, 75%, 45%)  Sapphire
#1dca95  rgb(29, 202, 149)  hsl(162, 75%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#951dca  rgb(149, 29, 202)  hsl(282, 75%, 45%)  Dark Violet