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#CC951F

#cc951f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cc951f 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 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.96% magenta, 84.8% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 40.92°, with 73.62% saturation and 46.08% 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 4.92.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3443

Complementary

  1. #cc951f
  2. #1f56cc

Split complementary

  1. #cc951f
  2. #1fadcc
  3. #3e1fcc

Analogous

  1. #cc3e1f
  2. #cc951f
  3. #adcc1f

Triadic

  1. #cc951f
  2. #1fcc95
  3. #951fcc

Tetradic

  1. #cc951f
  2. #56cc1f
  3. #1f56cc
  4. #951fcc

Square

  1. #cc951f
  2. #1fcc3e
  3. #1f56cc
  4. #cc1fad

Monochromatic

  1. #47340b
  2. #8a6415
  3. #cc951f
  4. #e5b653
  5. #efd295

Shades

#cc951f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc951f
  2. #b8861c
  3. #a37719
  4. #8f6816
  5. #7a5913
  6. #664b10
  7. #523c0c
  8. #3d2d09
  9. #291e06
  10. #140f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc951f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc951f
  2. #d1a035
  3. #d6aa4c
  4. #dbb562
  5. #e0bf79
  6. #e6ca8f
  7. #ebd5a5
  8. #f0dfbc
  9. #f5ead2
  10. #faf4e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc951f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc951f
  2. #c49329
  3. #bd9132
  4. #b58f3c
  5. #ae8d46
  6. #a68b50
  7. #9e8859
  8. #978663
  9. #8f846d
  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 #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b39b7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a426 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de8580 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9960d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c09e23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d78c67 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc951f {
  color: #cc951f;
}
Background
.bg-cc951f {
  background-color: #cc951f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc951f {
  border: 2px solid #cc951f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc951f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 149 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 74% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc951f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc951f, #adcc1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc951f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 149 31 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.92 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.12 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.23 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.20 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.86 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.56 #336ae0 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cc951f  rgb(204, 149, 31)  hsl(41, 74%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#1f56cc  rgb(31, 86, 204)  hsl(221, 74%, 46%)  Sapphire
#1fcc95  rgb(31, 204, 149)  hsl(161, 74%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#951fcc  rgb(149, 31, 204)  hsl(281, 74%, 46%)  Dark Violet