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#CB951D

#cb951d ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cb951d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 58.43% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.6% magenta, 85.71% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 41.38°, with 75% saturation and 45.49% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3428

Complementary

  1. #cb951d
  2. #1d53cb

Split complementary

  1. #cb951d
  2. #1daacb
  3. #3e1dcb

Analogous

  1. #cb3e1d
  2. #cb951d
  3. #aacb1d

Triadic

  1. #cb951d
  2. #1dcb95
  3. #951dcb

Tetradic

  1. #cb951d
  2. #53cb1d
  3. #1d53cb
  4. #951dcb

Square

  1. #cb951d
  2. #1dcb3e
  3. #1d53cb
  4. #cb1daa

Monochromatic

  1. #45330a
  2. #886413
  3. #cb951d
  4. #e6b74f
  5. #efd292

Shades

#cb951d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cb951d
  2. #b7861a
  3. #a27717
  4. #8e6814
  5. #7a5911
  6. #664b0f
  7. #513c0c
  8. #3d2d09
  9. #291e06
  10. #140f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#cb951d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cb951d
  2. #d0a034
  3. #d5aa4a
  4. #dbb561
  5. #e0bf77
  6. #e5ca8e
  7. #ead5a5
  8. #efdfbb
  9. #f5ead2
  10. #faf4e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cb951d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cb951d
  2. #c49327
  3. #bc9131
  4. #b58f3b
  5. #ad8d45
  6. #a68b4f
  7. #9e8858
  8. #978662
  9. #8f846c
  10. #888276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b29b7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a424 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dd8580 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b89609 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf9e21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d68c66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cb951d {
  color: #cb951d;
}
Background
.bg-cb951d {
  background-color: #cb951d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cb951d {
  border: 2px solid #cb951d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cb951d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 149 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 75% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cb951d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cb951d, #aacb1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cb951d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 149 29 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.86 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.11 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.39 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.44 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.29 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.50 #346ae2 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cb951d  rgb(203, 149, 29)  hsl(41, 75%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#1d53cb  rgb(29, 83, 203)  hsl(221, 75%, 45%)  Sapphire
#1dcb95  rgb(29, 203, 149)  hsl(161, 75%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#951dcb  rgb(149, 29, 203)  hsl(281, 75%, 45%)  Dark Violet