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#CA9700

#ca9700 ≈ Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ca9700 is a color from the brown family, with low lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 59.22% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.25% magenta, 100% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 44.85°, with 100% saturation and 39.61% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.21.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3469

Complementary

  1. #ca9700
  2. #0033ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca9700
  2. #0098ca
  3. #3200ca

Analogous

  1. #ca3200
  2. #ca9700
  3. #98ca00

Triadic

  1. #ca9700
  2. #00ca97
  3. #9700ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca9700
  2. #33ca00
  3. #0033ca
  4. #9700ca

Square

  1. #ca9700
  2. #00ca32
  3. #0033ca
  4. #ca0098

Monochromatic

  1. #312500
  2. #7e5e00
  3. #ca9700
  4. #ffc518
  5. #ffd864

Shades

#ca9700 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca9700
  2. #b68800
  3. #a27900
  4. #8d6a00
  5. #795b00
  6. #654c00
  7. #513c00
  8. #3d2d00
  9. #281e00
  10. #140f00
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca9700 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca9700
  2. #cfa11a
  3. #d5ac33
  4. #dab64d
  5. #dfc166
  6. #e5cb80
  7. #ead599
  8. #efe0b3
  9. #f4eacc
  10. #faf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca9700 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca9700
  2. #c3950d
  3. #bb921a
  4. #b49026
  5. #ac8e33
  6. #a58c40
  7. #9e894d
  8. #96875a
  9. #8f8566
  10. #878273
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b29c7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a413 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8780 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c09f0c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58e65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca9700 {
  color: #ca9700;
}
Background
.bg-ca9700 {
  background-color: #ca9700;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca9700 {
  border: 2px solid #ca9700;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca9700;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 151 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca9700 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca9700, #98ca00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca9700 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 151 0 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.21 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.80 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.35 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.19 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.80 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.48 #3568ff Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca9700  rgb(202, 151, 0)  hsl(45, 100%, 40%)  Goldenrod
#0033ca  rgb(0, 51, 202)  hsl(225, 100%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#00ca97  rgb(0, 202, 151)  hsl(165, 100%, 40%)  Caribbean Green
#9700ca  rgb(151, 0, 202)  hsl(285, 100%, 40%)  Dark Violet