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#CC8D06

#cc8d06 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cc8d06 is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 55.29% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.88% magenta, 97.06% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 40.91°, with 94.29% saturation and 41.18% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.56.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.319

Complementary

  1. #cc8d06
  2. #0645cc

Split complementary

  1. #cc8d06
  2. #06a8cc
  3. #2a06cc

Analogous

  1. #cc2a06
  2. #cc8d06
  3. #a8cc06

Triadic

  1. #cc8d06
  2. #06cc8d
  3. #8d06cc

Tetradic

  1. #cc8d06
  2. #45cc06
  3. #0645cc
  4. #8d06cc

Square

  1. #cc8d06
  2. #06cc2a
  3. #0645cc
  4. #cc06a8

Monochromatic

  1. #372602
  2. #825a04
  3. #cc8d06
  4. #f9b626
  5. #fbcf70

Shades

#cc8d06 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc8d06
  2. #b87f05
  3. #a37105
  4. #8f6304
  5. #7a5504
  6. #664703
  7. #523802
  8. #3d2a02
  9. #291c01
  10. #140e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc8d06 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc8d06
  2. #d1981f
  3. #d6a438
  4. #dbaf51
  5. #e0bb6a
  6. #e6c683
  7. #ebd19b
  8. #f0ddb4
  9. #f5e8cd
  10. #faf4e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc8d06 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc8d06
  2. #c48c12
  3. #bd8a1e
  4. #b5892b
  5. #ae8837
  6. #a68743
  7. #9e854f
  8. #97845b
  9. #8f8368
  10. #888174
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b09479 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b39f12 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df7c78 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b58f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #be980e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8835f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc8d06 {
  color: #cc8d06;
}
Background
.bg-cc8d06 {
  background-color: #cc8d06;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc8d06 {
  border: 2px solid #cc8d06;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc8d06;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 141 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 94% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc8d06 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc8d06, #a8cc06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc8d06 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 141 6 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.56 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.28 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.95 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.29 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 8.43 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 8.46 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.19 #3372f9 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#cc8d06  rgb(204, 141, 6)  hsl(41, 94%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0645cc  rgb(6, 69, 204)  hsl(221, 94%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#06cc8d  rgb(6, 204, 141)  hsl(161, 94%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#8d06cc  rgb(141, 6, 204)  hsl(281, 94%, 41%)  Dark Violet