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#CC951E

#cc951e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cc951e 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 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.96% magenta, 85.29% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 41.03°, with 74.36% saturation and 45.88% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.89.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3443

Complementary

  1. #cc951e
  2. #1e55cc

Split complementary

  1. #cc951e
  2. #1eaccc
  3. #3e1ecc

Analogous

  1. #cc3e1e
  2. #cc951e
  3. #accc1e

Triadic

  1. #cc951e
  2. #1ecc95
  3. #951ecc

Tetradic

  1. #cc951e
  2. #55cc1e
  3. #1e55cc
  4. #951ecc

Square

  1. #cc951e
  2. #1ecc3e
  3. #1e55cc
  4. #cc1eac

Monochromatic

  1. #47340a
  2. #896414
  3. #cc951e
  4. #e5b751
  5. #efd294

Shades

#cc951e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc951e
  2. #b8861b
  3. #a37718
  4. #8f6815
  5. #7a5912
  6. #664b0f
  7. #523c0c
  8. #3d2d09
  9. #291e06
  10. #140f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc951e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc951e
  2. #d1a035
  3. #d6aa4b
  4. #dbb562
  5. #e0bf78
  6. #e6ca8f
  7. #ebd5a5
  8. #f0dfbc
  9. #f5ead2
  10. #faf4e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc951e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc951e
  2. #c49328
  3. #bd9132
  4. #b58f3b
  5. #ae8d45
  6. #a68b4f
  7. #9e8859
  8. #978663
  9. #8f846c
  10. #888276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b39b7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a425 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de8580 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9960b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c09e22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d78c66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc951e {
  color: #cc951e;
}
Background
.bg-cc951e {
  background-color: #cc951e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc951e {
  border: 2px solid #cc951e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc951e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 149 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 74% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc951e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc951e, #accc1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc951e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 149 30 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.89 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.12 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.23 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.21 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.44 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.55 #336ae1 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cc951e  rgb(204, 149, 30)  hsl(41, 74%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#1e55cc  rgb(30, 85, 204)  hsl(221, 74%, 46%)  Sapphire
#1ecc95  rgb(30, 204, 149)  hsl(161, 74%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#951ecc  rgb(149, 30, 204)  hsl(281, 74%, 46%)  Dark Violet