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#CA971D

#ca971d ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca971d 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 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.25% magenta, 85.64% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 42.31°, with 74.89% saturation and 45.29% 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 7.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.31.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3478

Complementary

  1. #ca971d
  2. #1d50ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca971d
  2. #1da6ca
  3. #401dca

Analogous

  1. #ca401d
  2. #ca971d
  3. #a6ca1d

Triadic

  1. #ca971d
  2. #1dca97
  3. #971dca

Tetradic

  1. #ca971d
  2. #50ca1d
  3. #1d50ca
  4. #971dca

Square

  1. #ca971d
  2. #1dca40
  3. #1d50ca
  4. #ca1da6

Monochromatic

  1. #44330a
  2. #876513
  3. #ca971d
  4. #e6b94e
  5. #efd391

Shades

#ca971d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca971d
  2. #b6881a
  3. #a27917
  4. #8d6a14
  5. #795b11
  6. #654c0f
  7. #513c0c
  8. #3d2d09
  9. #281e06
  10. #140f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca971d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca971d
  2. #cfa134
  3. #d5ac4a
  4. #dab661
  5. #dfc177
  6. #e5cb8e
  7. #ead5a5
  8. #efe0bb
  9. #f4ead2
  10. #faf5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca971d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca971d
  2. #c39527
  3. #bb9231
  4. #b4903b
  5. #ac8e45
  6. #a58c4f
  7. #9e8958
  8. #968762
  9. #8f856c
  10. #878276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b29c7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a525 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8781 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99708 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c09f22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58e68 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca971d {
  color: #ca971d;
}
Background
.bg-ca971d {
  background-color: #ca971d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca971d {
  border: 2px solid #ca971d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca971d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 151 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 75% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca971d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca971d, #a6ca1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca971d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 151 29 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.31 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.48 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.94 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.78 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.41 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.38 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.85 #3568e2 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca971d  rgb(202, 151, 29)  hsl(42, 75%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#1d50ca  rgb(29, 80, 202)  hsl(222, 75%, 45%)  Sapphire
#1dca97  rgb(29, 202, 151)  hsl(162, 75%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#971dca  rgb(151, 29, 202)  hsl(282, 75%, 45%)  Dark Violet