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#CA9909

#ca9909 ≈ Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ca9909 is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 60% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.26% magenta, 95.54% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 44.77°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% 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 8.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.83.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3536

Complementary

  1. #ca9909
  2. #093aca

Split complementary

  1. #ca9909
  2. #099aca
  3. #3909ca

Analogous

  1. #ca3909
  2. #ca9909
  3. #9aca09

Triadic

  1. #ca9909
  2. #09ca99
  3. #9909ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca9909
  2. #3aca09
  3. #093aca
  4. #9909ca

Square

  1. #ca9909
  2. #09ca39
  3. #093aca
  4. #ca099a

Monochromatic

  1. #382a02
  2. #816206
  3. #ca9909
  4. #f6c22a
  5. #f9d773

Shades

#ca9909 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca9909
  2. #b68a08
  3. #a27a07
  4. #8d6b06
  5. #795c05
  6. #654d05
  7. #513d04
  8. #3d2e03
  9. #281f02
  10. #140f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca9909 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca9909
  2. #cfa322
  3. #d5ad3a
  4. #dab853
  5. #dfc26b
  6. #e5cc84
  7. #ead69d
  8. #efe0b5
  9. #f4ebce
  10. #faf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca9909 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca9909
  2. #c39715
  3. #bb9421
  4. #b4922d
  5. #ac8f39
  6. #a58d45
  7. #9e8a50
  8. #96885c
  9. #8f8568
  10. #878374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b39e7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa618 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8982 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1a113 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d59067 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca9909 {
  color: #ca9909;
}
Background
.bg-ca9909 {
  background-color: #ca9909;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca9909 {
  border: 2px solid #ca9909;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca9909;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 153 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca9909 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca9909, #9aca09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca9909 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 153 9 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.83 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.28 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.61 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.66 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.24 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.39 #3566f6 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca9909  rgb(202, 153, 9)  hsl(45, 91%, 41%)  Goldenrod
#093aca  rgb(9, 58, 202)  hsl(225, 91%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#09ca99  rgb(9, 202, 153)  hsl(165, 91%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#9909ca  rgb(153, 9, 202)  hsl(285, 91%, 41%)  Dark Violet