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#CA9728

#ca9728 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca9728 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 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.25% magenta, 80.2% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 41.11°, with 66.94% saturation and 47.45% 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 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.65.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3484

Complementary

  1. #ca9728
  2. #285bca

Split complementary

  1. #ca9728
  2. #28acca
  3. #4628ca

Analogous

  1. #ca4628
  2. #ca9728
  3. #acca28

Triadic

  1. #ca9728
  2. #28ca97
  3. #9728ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca9728
  2. #5bca28
  3. #285bca
  4. #9728ca

Square

  1. #ca9728
  2. #28ca46
  3. #285bca
  4. #ca28ac

Monochromatic

  1. #4a380f
  2. #8a671b
  3. #ca9728
  4. #dfb75f
  5. #ecd49f

Shades

#ca9728 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca9728
  2. #b68824
  3. #a27920
  4. #8d6a1c
  5. #795b18
  6. #654c14
  7. #513c10
  8. #3d2d0c
  9. #281e08
  10. #140f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca9728 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca9728
  2. #cfa13e
  3. #d5ac53
  4. #dab669
  5. #dfc17e
  6. #e5cb94
  7. #ead5a9
  8. #efe0bf
  9. #f4ead4
  10. #faf5ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca9728 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca9728
  2. #c39531
  3. #bb923a
  4. #b49042
  5. #ac8e4b
  6. #a58c54
  7. #9e895d
  8. #968766
  9. #8f856e
  10. #878277
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b29c80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9810 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a52e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8882 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9971c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf9f2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58e69 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca9728 {
  color: #ca9728;
}
Background
.bg-ca9728 {
  background-color: #ca9728;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca9728 {
  border: 2px solid #ca9728;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca9728;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 151 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 67% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca9728 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca9728, #acca28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca9728 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 151 40 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.65 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.47 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.84 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.65 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.69 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.03 #3568d7 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca9728  rgb(202, 151, 40)  hsl(41, 67%, 47%)  Goldenrod
#285bca  rgb(40, 91, 202)  hsl(221, 67%, 47%)  Sapphire
#28ca97  rgb(40, 202, 151)  hsl(161, 67%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#9728ca  rgb(151, 40, 202)  hsl(281, 67%, 47%)  Dark Orchid