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#CC950F

#cc950f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cc950f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 58.43% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.96% magenta, 92.65% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 42.54°, with 86.3% saturation and 42.94% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.64.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3437

Complementary

  1. #cc950f
  2. #0f46cc

Split complementary

  1. #cc950f
  2. #0fa4cc
  3. #370fcc

Analogous

  1. #cc370f
  2. #cc950f
  3. #a4cc0f

Triadic

  1. #cc950f
  2. #0fcc95
  3. #950fcc

Tetradic

  1. #cc950f
  2. #46cc0f
  3. #0f46cc
  4. #950fcc

Square

  1. #cc950f
  2. #0fcc37
  3. #0f46cc
  4. #cc0fa4

Monochromatic

  1. #3d2d05
  2. #85610a
  3. #cc950f
  4. #f0ba37
  5. #f6d37e

Shades

#cc950f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc950f
  2. #b8860e
  3. #a3770c
  4. #8f680b
  5. #7a5909
  6. #664b08
  7. #523c06
  8. #3d2d05
  9. #291e03
  10. #140f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc950f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc950f
  2. #d1a027
  3. #d6aa3f
  4. #dbb557
  5. #e0bf6f
  6. #e6ca87
  7. #ebd59f
  8. #f0dfb7
  9. #f5eacf
  10. #faf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc950f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc950f
  2. #c4931a
  3. #bd9126
  4. #b58f31
  5. #ae8d3c
  6. #a68b48
  7. #9e8853
  8. #97865e
  9. #8f8469
  10. #888275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b29b7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a41a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df857f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c09e16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d78b65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc950f {
  color: #cc950f;
}
Background
.bg-cc950f {
  background-color: #cc950f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc950f {
  border: 2px solid #cc950f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc950f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 149 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 86% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc950f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc950f, #a4cc0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc950f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 149 15 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.64 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.28 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.29 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.26 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.61 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.41 #336af0 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cc950f  rgb(204, 149, 15)  hsl(43, 86%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0f46cc  rgb(15, 70, 204)  hsl(223, 86%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0fcc95  rgb(15, 204, 149)  hsl(163, 86%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#950fcc  rgb(149, 15, 204)  hsl(283, 86%, 43%)  Dark Violet