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#CA970B

#ca970b ≈ Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca970b is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 59.22% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.25% magenta, 94.55% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 43.98°, with 89.67% saturation and 41.76% 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 4.19.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3471

Complementary

  1. #ca970b
  2. #0b3eca

Split complementary

  1. #ca970b
  2. #0b9dca
  3. #370bca

Analogous

  1. #ca370b
  2. #ca970b
  3. #9dca0b

Triadic

  1. #ca970b
  2. #0bca97
  3. #970bca

Tetradic

  1. #ca970b
  2. #3eca0b
  3. #0b3eca
  4. #970bca

Square

  1. #ca970b
  2. #0bca37
  3. #0b3eca
  4. #ca0b9d

Monochromatic

  1. #392b03
  2. #816107
  3. #ca970b
  4. #f4bf2e
  5. #f8d576

Shades

#ca970b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca970b
  2. #b6880a
  3. #a27909
  4. #8d6a08
  5. #795b07
  6. #654c06
  7. #513c04
  8. #3d2d03
  9. #281e02
  10. #140f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca970b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca970b
  2. #cfa123
  3. #d5ac3c
  4. #dab654
  5. #dfc16d
  6. #e5cb85
  7. #ead59d
  8. #efe0b6
  9. #f4eace
  10. #faf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca970b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca970b
  2. #c39517
  3. #bb9222
  4. #b4902e
  5. #ac8e3a
  6. #a58c46
  7. #9e8951
  8. #96875d
  9. #8f8569
  10. #878274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 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 #ac9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a419 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8781 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c09f14 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58e66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca970b {
  color: #ca970b;
}
Background
.bg-ca970b {
  background-color: #ca970b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca970b {
  border: 2px solid #ca970b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca970b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 151 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 90% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca970b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca970b, #9dca0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca970b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 151 11 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.19 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.67 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.21 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.05 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.79 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.16 #3568f4 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca970b  rgb(202, 151, 11)  hsl(44, 90%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#0b3eca  rgb(11, 62, 202)  hsl(224, 90%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0bca97  rgb(11, 202, 151)  hsl(164, 90%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#970bca  rgb(151, 11, 202)  hsl(284, 90%, 42%)  Dark Violet