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#CA9604

#ca9604 ≈ Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ca9604 is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 58.82% green and 1.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.74% magenta, 98.02% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 44.24°, with 96.12% saturation and 40.39% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with reliability, warmth and earthiness. Designers typically use it for cafés and coffee brands, rustic and natural styles and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.41.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3438

Complementary

  1. #ca9604
  2. #0438ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca9604
  2. #049bca
  3. #3304ca

Analogous

  1. #ca3304
  2. #ca9604
  3. #9bca04

Triadic

  1. #ca9604
  2. #04ca96
  3. #9604ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca9604
  2. #38ca04
  3. #0438ca
  4. #9604ca

Square

  1. #ca9604
  2. #04ca33
  3. #0438ca
  4. #ca049b

Monochromatic

  1. #342701
  2. #7f5e03
  3. #ca9604
  4. #fbc120
  5. #fcd66b

Shades

#ca9604 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca9604
  2. #b68704
  3. #a27803
  4. #8d6903
  5. #795a02
  6. #654b02
  7. #513c02
  8. #3d2d01
  9. #281e01
  10. #140f00
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca9604 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca9604
  2. #cfa11d
  3. #d5ab36
  4. #dab64f
  5. #dfc068
  6. #e5cb82
  7. #ead59b
  8. #efe0b4
  9. #f4eacd
  10. #faf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca9604 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca9604
  2. #c39410
  3. #bb921d
  4. #b48f29
  5. #ac8d36
  6. #a58b42
  7. #9e894e
  8. #96875b
  9. #8f8467
  10. #878274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b29b7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a415 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc867f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf9f0f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58d65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca9604 {
  color: #ca9604;
}
Background
.bg-ca9604 {
  background-color: #ca9604;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca9604 {
  border: 2px solid #ca9604;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca9604;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 150 4;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 96% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca9604 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca9604, #9bca04);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca9604 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 150 4 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.41 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.48 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.11 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.04 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.65 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.08 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.30 #3569fb Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca9604  rgb(202, 150, 4)  hsl(44, 96%, 40%)  Goldenrod
#0438ca  rgb(4, 56, 202)  hsl(224, 96%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#04ca96  rgb(4, 202, 150)  hsl(164, 96%, 40%)  Caribbean Green
#9604ca  rgb(150, 4, 202)  hsl(284, 96%, 40%)  Dark Violet