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#CA980C

#ca980c ≈ Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca980c is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 59.61% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.75% magenta, 94.06% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 44.21°, with 88.79% saturation and 41.96% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.98.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3504

Complementary

  1. #ca980c
  2. #0c3eca

Split complementary

  1. #ca980c
  2. #0c9dca
  3. #390cca

Analogous

  1. #ca390c
  2. #ca980c
  3. #9dca0c

Triadic

  1. #ca980c
  2. #0cca98
  3. #980cca

Tetradic

  1. #ca980c
  2. #3eca0c
  3. #0c3eca
  4. #980cca

Square

  1. #ca980c
  2. #0cca39
  3. #0c3eca
  4. #ca0c9d

Monochromatic

  1. #3a2b03
  2. #826208
  3. #ca980c
  4. #f3bf30
  5. #f7d678

Shades

#ca980c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca980c
  2. #b6890b
  3. #a27a0a
  4. #8d6a08
  5. #795b07
  6. #654c06
  7. #513d05
  8. #3d2e04
  9. #281e02
  10. #140f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca980c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca980c
  2. #cfa224
  3. #d5ad3d
  4. #dab755
  5. #dfc16d
  6. #e5cc86
  7. #ead69e
  8. #efe0b6
  9. #f4eace
  10. #faf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca980c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca980c
  2. #c39618
  3. #bb9323
  4. #b4912f
  5. #ac8e3a
  6. #a58c46
  7. #9e8a52
  8. #96875d
  9. #8f8569
  10. #878274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b29d7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a51a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8881 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0a015 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58f66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca980c {
  color: #ca980c;
}
Background
.bg-ca980c {
  background-color: #ca980c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca980c {
  border: 2px solid #ca980c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca980c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 152 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 89% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca980c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca980c, #9dca0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca980c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 152 12 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.98 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.95 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.40 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.95 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.15 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.51 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.21 #3567f3 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca980c  rgb(202, 152, 12)  hsl(44, 89%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#0c3eca  rgb(12, 62, 202)  hsl(224, 89%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0cca98  rgb(12, 202, 152)  hsl(164, 89%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#980cca  rgb(152, 12, 202)  hsl(284, 89%, 42%)  Dark Violet