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#CA970E

#ca970e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca970e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 59.22% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.25% magenta, 93.07% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 43.72°, with 87.04% saturation and 42.35% 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 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 luminance0.3472

Complementary

  1. #ca970e
  2. #0e41ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca970e
  2. #0e9fca
  3. #390eca

Analogous

  1. #ca390e
  2. #ca970e
  3. #9fca0e

Triadic

  1. #ca970e
  2. #0eca97
  3. #970eca

Tetradic

  1. #ca970e
  2. #41ca0e
  3. #0e41ca
  4. #970eca

Square

  1. #ca970e
  2. #0eca39
  3. #0e41ca
  4. #ca0e9f

Monochromatic

  1. #3b2c04
  2. #826209
  3. #ca970e
  4. #f1be34
  5. #f6d57b

Shades

#ca970e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca970e
  2. #b6880d
  3. #a2790b
  4. #8d6a0a
  5. #795b08
  6. #654c07
  7. #513c06
  8. #3d2d04
  9. #281e03
  10. #140f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca970e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca970e
  2. #cfa126
  3. #d5ac3e
  4. #dab656
  5. #dfc16e
  6. #e5cb87
  7. #ead59f
  8. #efe0b7
  9. #f4eacf
  10. #faf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca970e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca970e
  2. #c39519
  3. #bb9225
  4. #b49030
  5. #ac8e3c
  6. #a58c47
  7. #9e8952
  8. #96875e
  9. #8f8569
  10. #878275
  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 #b9a51a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8781 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c09f16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58e66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca970e {
  color: #ca970e;
}
Background
.bg-ca970e {
  background-color: #ca970e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca970e {
  border: 2px solid #ca970e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca970e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 151 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 87% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca970e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca970e, #9fca0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca970e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 151 14 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.19 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.64 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.17 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.01 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.79 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.07 #3568f1 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca970e  rgb(202, 151, 14)  hsl(44, 87%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#0e41ca  rgb(14, 65, 202)  hsl(224, 87%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0eca97  rgb(14, 202, 151)  hsl(164, 87%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#970eca  rgb(151, 14, 202)  hsl(284, 87%, 42%)  Dark Violet