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#CA982C

#ca982c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca982c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 59.61% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.75% magenta, 78.22% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 41.01°, with 64.23% saturation and 48.24% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.56.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3519

Complementary

  1. #ca982c
  2. #2c5eca

Split complementary

  1. #ca982c
  2. #2cadca
  3. #492cca

Analogous

  1. #ca492c
  2. #ca982c
  3. #adca2c

Triadic

  1. #ca982c
  2. #2cca98
  3. #982cca

Tetradic

  1. #ca982c
  2. #5eca2c
  3. #2c5eca
  4. #982cca

Square

  1. #ca982c
  2. #2cca49
  3. #2c5eca
  4. #ca2cad

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3911
  2. #8b691e
  3. #ca982c
  4. #ddb765
  5. #ebd5a4

Shades

#ca982c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca982c
  2. #b68928
  3. #a27a23
  4. #8d6a1f
  5. #795b1a
  6. #654c16
  7. #513d12
  8. #3d2e0d
  9. #281e09
  10. #140f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca982c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca982c
  2. #cfa241
  3. #d5ad56
  4. #dab76b
  5. #dfc180
  6. #e5cc96
  7. #ead6ab
  8. #efe0c0
  9. #f4ead5
  10. #faf5ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca982c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca982c
  2. #c39634
  3. #bb933d
  4. #b49145
  5. #ac8e4e
  6. #a58c56
  7. #9e8a5e
  8. #968767
  9. #8f856f
  10. #878278
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b29d81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9918 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a531 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8983 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99821 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0a02f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58f6b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca982c {
  color: #ca982c;
}
Background
.bg-ca982c {
  background-color: #ca982c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca982c {
  border: 2px solid #ca982c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca982c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 152 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 64% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca982c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca982c, #adca2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca982c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 152 44 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.56 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.73 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.99 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.38 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.80 #3567d3 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca982c  rgb(202, 152, 44)  hsl(41, 64%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#2c5eca  rgb(44, 94, 202)  hsl(221, 64%, 48%)  Denim
#2cca98  rgb(44, 202, 152)  hsl(161, 64%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#982cca  rgb(152, 44, 202)  hsl(281, 64%, 48%)  Dark Orchid