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#CD950E

#cd950e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cd950e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 58.43% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.32% magenta, 93.17% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 42.41°, with 87.21% 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 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.63.

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Relative luminance0.3451

Complementary

  1. #cd950e
  2. #0e46cd

Split complementary

  1. #cd950e
  2. #0ea5cd
  3. #360ecd

Analogous

  1. #cd360e
  2. #cd950e
  3. #a5cd0e

Triadic

  1. #cd950e
  2. #0ecd95
  3. #950ecd

Tetradic

  1. #cd950e
  2. #46cd0e
  3. #0e46cd
  4. #950ecd

Square

  1. #cd950e
  2. #0ecd36
  3. #0e46cd
  4. #cd0ea5

Monochromatic

  1. #3e2d04
  2. #856109
  3. #cd950e
  4. #f1ba36
  5. #f6d37e

Shades

#cd950e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd950e
  2. #b9860d
  3. #a4770b
  4. #90680a
  5. #7b5908
  6. #674b07
  7. #523c06
  8. #3e2d04
  9. #291e03
  10. #150f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd950e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd950e
  2. #d2a026
  3. #d7aa3e
  4. #dcb556
  5. #e1bf6e
  6. #e6ca87
  7. #ebd59f
  8. #f0dfb7
  9. #f5eacf
  10. #faf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd950e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd950e
  2. #c59319
  3. #be9125
  4. #b68f30
  5. #ae8d3c
  6. #a78b47
  7. #9f8852
  8. #97865e
  9. #8f8469
  10. #888275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b39b7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a419 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0847f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c19e15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d88b65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd950e {
  color: #cd950e;
}
Background
.bg-cd950e {
  background-color: #cd950e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd950e {
  border: 2px solid #cd950e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd950e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 149 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 87% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd950e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd950e, #a5cd0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd950e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 149 14 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.63 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.03 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.40 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.37 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.43 #326af1 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cd950e  rgb(205, 149, 14)  hsl(42, 87%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0e46cd  rgb(14, 70, 205)  hsl(222, 87%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0ecd95  rgb(14, 205, 149)  hsl(162, 87%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#950ecd  rgb(149, 14, 205)  hsl(282, 87%, 43%)  Dark Violet