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#CC8E03

#cc8e03 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cc8e03 is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 55.69% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.39% magenta, 98.53% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 41.49°, with 97.1% saturation and 40.59% 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 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.54.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3219

Complementary

  1. #cc8e03
  2. #0341cc

Split complementary

  1. #cc8e03
  2. #03a6cc
  3. #2903cc

Analogous

  1. #cc2903
  2. #cc8e03
  3. #a6cc03

Triadic

  1. #cc8e03
  2. #03cc8e
  3. #8e03cc

Tetradic

  1. #cc8e03
  2. #41cc03
  3. #0341cc
  4. #8e03cc

Square

  1. #cc8e03
  2. #03cc29
  3. #0341cc
  4. #cc03a6

Monochromatic

  1. #352501
  2. #815a02
  3. #cc8e03
  4. #fcb820
  5. #fdd06b

Shades

#cc8e03 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc8e03
  2. #b88003
  3. #a37202
  4. #8f6302
  5. #7a5502
  6. #664702
  7. #523901
  8. #3d2b01
  9. #291c01
  10. #140e00
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc8e03 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc8e03
  2. #d1991c
  3. #d6a535
  4. #dbb04f
  5. #e0bb68
  6. #e6c781
  7. #ebd29a
  8. #f0ddb3
  9. #f5e8cd
  10. #faf4e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc8e03 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc8e03
  2. #c48d10
  3. #bd8b1c
  4. #b58a29
  5. #ae8835
  6. #a68742
  7. #9e864e
  8. #97845b
  9. #8f8367
  10. #888174
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0957a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a59100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a010 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df7d79 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b69000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #be990c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d8845f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc8e03 {
  color: #cc8e03;
}
Background
.bg-cc8e03 {
  background-color: #cc8e03;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc8e03 {
  border: 2px solid #cc8e03;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc8e03;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 142 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 97% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc8e03 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc8e03, #a6cc03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc8e03 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 142 3 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.54 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.18 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.82 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.89 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 8.75 #e48400 Fulvous ΔE 8.84 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.17 #3371fc Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#cc8e03  rgb(204, 142, 3)  hsl(41, 97%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0341cc  rgb(3, 65, 204)  hsl(221, 97%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#03cc8e  rgb(3, 204, 142)  hsl(161, 97%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#8e03cc  rgb(142, 3, 204)  hsl(281, 97%, 41%)  Dark Violet