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#CA9527

#ca9527 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca9527 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 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.24% magenta, 80.69% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 40.49°, with 67.63% saturation and 47.25% 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 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 5.08.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.342

Complementary

  1. #ca9527
  2. #275cca

Split complementary

  1. #ca9527
  2. #27adca
  3. #4327ca

Analogous

  1. #ca4327
  2. #ca9527
  3. #adca27

Triadic

  1. #ca9527
  2. #27ca95
  3. #9527ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca9527
  2. #5cca27
  3. #275cca
  4. #9527ca

Square

  1. #ca9527
  2. #27ca43
  3. #275cca
  4. #ca27ad

Monochromatic

  1. #4a360e
  2. #8a661b
  3. #ca9527
  4. #e0b65e
  5. #ecd39e

Shades

#ca9527 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca9527
  2. #b68623
  3. #a2771f
  4. #8d681b
  5. #795917
  6. #654b14
  7. #513c10
  8. #3d2d0c
  9. #281e08
  10. #140f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca9527 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca9527
  2. #cfa03d
  3. #d5aa52
  4. #dab568
  5. #dfbf7d
  6. #e5ca93
  7. #ead5a9
  8. #efdfbe
  9. #f4ead4
  10. #faf4e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca9527 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca9527
  2. #c39330
  3. #bb9139
  4. #b48f42
  5. #ac8d4b
  6. #a58b54
  7. #9e885c
  8. #968665
  9. #8f846e
  10. #878277
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b19a7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa960f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a32c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8580 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8961b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf9e2a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58c68 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca9527 {
  color: #ca9527;
}
Background
.bg-ca9527 {
  background-color: #ca9527;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca9527 {
  border: 2px solid #ca9527;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca9527;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 149 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 68% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca9527 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca9527, #adca27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca9527 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 149 39 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.08 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.22 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.61 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.60 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.68 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.42 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.67 #356ad8 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ca9527  rgb(202, 149, 39)  hsl(40, 68%, 47%)  Dark Goldenrod
#275cca  rgb(39, 92, 202)  hsl(220, 68%, 47%)  Denim
#27ca95  rgb(39, 202, 149)  hsl(160, 68%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#9527ca  rgb(149, 39, 202)  hsl(280, 68%, 47%)  Dark Orchid