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#CA9924

#ca9924 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca9924 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 60% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.26% magenta, 82.18% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 42.29°, with 69.75% saturation and 46.67% 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 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.99.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3547

Complementary

  1. #ca9924
  2. #2455ca

Split complementary

  1. #ca9924
  2. #24a8ca
  3. #4624ca

Analogous

  1. #ca4624
  2. #ca9924
  3. #a8ca24

Triadic

  1. #ca9924
  2. #24ca99
  3. #9924ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca9924
  2. #55ca24
  3. #2455ca
  4. #9924ca

Square

  1. #ca9924
  2. #24ca46
  3. #2455ca
  4. #ca24a8

Monochromatic

  1. #48370d
  2. #896818
  3. #ca9924
  4. #e1b959
  5. #edd59a

Shades

#ca9924 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca9924
  2. #b68a20
  3. #a27a1d
  4. #8d6b19
  5. #795c16
  6. #654d12
  7. #513d0e
  8. #3d2e0b
  9. #281f07
  10. #140f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca9924 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca9924
  2. #cfa33a
  3. #d5ad50
  4. #dab866
  5. #dfc27c
  6. #e5cc92
  7. #ead6a7
  8. #efe0bd
  9. #f4ebd3
  10. #faf5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca9924 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca9924
  2. #c3972d
  3. #bb9436
  4. #b49240
  5. #ac8f49
  6. #a58d52
  7. #9e8a5b
  8. #968864
  9. #8f856e
  10. #878377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b39e81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9903 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a62b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8a83 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9915 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0a128 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5906a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca9924 {
  color: #ca9924;
}
Background
.bg-ca9924 {
  background-color: #ca9924;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca9924 {
  border: 2px solid #ca9924;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca9924;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 153 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 70% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca9924 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca9924, #a8ca24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca9924 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 153 36 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.99 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.96 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.76 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.88 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.33 #3566db Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca9924  rgb(202, 153, 36)  hsl(42, 70%, 47%)  Goldenrod
#2455ca  rgb(36, 85, 202)  hsl(222, 70%, 47%)  Sapphire
#24ca99  rgb(36, 202, 153)  hsl(162, 70%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#9924ca  rgb(153, 36, 202)  hsl(282, 70%, 47%)  Dark Orchid