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#CC9908

#cc9908 ≈ Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cc9908 is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 60% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 96.08% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 44.39°, with 92.45% saturation and 41.57% 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 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3564

Complementary

  1. #cc9908
  2. #083bcc

Split complementary

  1. #cc9908
  2. #089dcc
  3. #3708cc

Analogous

  1. #cc3708
  2. #cc9908
  3. #9dcc08

Triadic

  1. #cc9908
  2. #08cc99
  3. #9908cc

Tetradic

  1. #cc9908
  2. #3bcc08
  3. #083bcc
  4. #9908cc

Square

  1. #cc9908
  2. #08cc37
  3. #083bcc
  4. #cc089d

Monochromatic

  1. #392b02
  2. #826205
  3. #cc9908
  4. #f7c12a
  5. #fad773

Shades

#cc9908 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc9908
  2. #b88a07
  3. #a37a06
  4. #8f6b06
  5. #7a5c05
  6. #664d04
  7. #523d03
  8. #3d2e02
  9. #291f02
  10. #140f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc9908 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc9908
  2. #d1a321
  3. #d6ad39
  4. #dbb852
  5. #e0c26b
  6. #e6cc84
  7. #ebd69c
  8. #f0e0b5
  9. #f5ebce
  10. #faf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc9908 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc9908
  2. #c49714
  3. #bd9420
  4. #b5922c
  5. #ae8f38
  6. #a68d44
  7. #9e8a50
  8. #97885c
  9. #8f8568
  10. #888374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b49e80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba618 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #de8982 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb9900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a113 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d79067 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc9908 {
  color: #cc9908;
}
Background
.bg-cc9908 {
  background-color: #cc9908;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc9908 {
  border: 2px solid #cc9908;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc9908;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 153 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc9908 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc9908, #9dcc08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc9908 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 153 8 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.60 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.11 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.33 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.80 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.81 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.20 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.07 #3366f7 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cc9908  rgb(204, 153, 8)  hsl(44, 92%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#083bcc  rgb(8, 59, 204)  hsl(224, 92%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#08cc99  rgb(8, 204, 153)  hsl(164, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#9908cc  rgb(153, 8, 204)  hsl(284, 92%, 42%)  Dark Violet