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#CD9301

#cd9301 ≈ Gamboge

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cd9301 is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 57.65% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.29% magenta, 99.51% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 42.94°, with 99.03% saturation and 40.39% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 4.97.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3385

Complementary

  1. #cd9301
  2. #013bcd

Split complementary

  1. #cd9301
  2. #01a1cd
  3. #2d01cd

Analogous

  1. #cd2d01
  2. #cd9301
  3. #a1cd01

Triadic

  1. #cd9301
  2. #01cd93
  3. #9301cd

Tetradic

  1. #cd9301
  2. #3bcd01
  3. #013bcd
  4. #9301cd

Square

  1. #cd9301
  2. #01cd2d
  3. #013bcd
  4. #cd01a1

Monochromatic

  1. #352600
  2. #815c01
  3. #cd9301
  4. #febe1d
  5. #fed469

Shades

#cd9301 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd9301
  2. #b98401
  3. #a47601
  4. #906701
  5. #7b5801
  6. #674a01
  7. #523b00
  8. #3e2c00
  9. #291d00
  10. #150f00
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd9301 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd9301
  2. #d29e1a
  3. #d7a934
  4. #dcb34d
  5. #e1be67
  6. #e6c980
  7. #ebd499
  8. #f0dfb3
  9. #f5e9cc
  10. #faf4e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd9301 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd9301
  2. #c5910e
  3. #be8f1a
  4. #b68d27
  5. #ae8b34
  6. #a78a41
  7. #9f884d
  8. #97865a
  9. #8f8467
  10. #888273
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2997c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aa9500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a311 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0827d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b99400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c09d0b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d98962 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd9301 {
  color: #cd9301;
}
Background
.bg-cd9301 {
  background-color: #cd9301;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd9301 {
  border: 2px solid #cd9301;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd9301;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 147 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 99% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd9301 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd9301, #a1cd01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd9301 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 147 1 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.97 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.15 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.19 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.29 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.06 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 9.82 #326cfe Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Gamboge
#cd9301  rgb(205, 147, 1)  hsl(43, 99%, 40%)  Gamboge
#013bcd  rgb(1, 59, 205)  hsl(223, 99%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#01cd93  rgb(1, 205, 147)  hsl(163, 99%, 40%)  Caribbean Green
#9301cd  rgb(147, 1, 205)  hsl(283, 99%, 40%)  Dark Violet