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#CD950F

#cd950f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cd950f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.32% magenta, 92.68% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 42.32°, with 86.36% saturation and 43.14% 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 4.64.

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Relative luminance0.3451

Complementary

  1. #cd950f
  2. #0f47cd

Split complementary

  1. #cd950f
  2. #0fa6cd
  3. #360fcd

Analogous

  1. #cd360f
  2. #cd950f
  3. #a6cd0f

Triadic

  1. #cd950f
  2. #0fcd95
  3. #950fcd

Tetradic

  1. #cd950f
  2. #47cd0f
  3. #0f47cd
  4. #950fcd

Square

  1. #cd950f
  2. #0fcd36
  3. #0f47cd
  4. #cd0fa6

Monochromatic

  1. #3e2d05
  2. #86610a
  3. #cd950f
  4. #f0ba38
  5. #f6d37f

Shades

#cd950f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd950f
  2. #b9860e
  3. #a4770c
  4. #90680b
  5. #7b5909
  6. #674b08
  7. #523c06
  8. #3e2d05
  9. #291e03
  10. #150f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd950f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd950f
  2. #d2a027
  3. #d7aa3f
  4. #dcb557
  5. #e1bf6f
  6. #e6ca87
  7. #ebd59f
  8. #f0dfb7
  9. #f5eacf
  10. #faf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd950f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd950f
  2. #c5931a
  3. #be9126
  4. #b68f31
  5. #ae8d3c
  6. #a78b48
  7. #9f8853
  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 #b8a41a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e0847f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c19e16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d88b65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd950f {
  color: #cd950f;
}
Background
.bg-cd950f {
  background-color: #cd950f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd950f {
  border: 2px solid #cd950f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd950f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 149 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 86% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd950f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd950f, #a6cd0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd950f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 149 15 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.64 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.02 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.40 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.38 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.43 #326af0 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cd950f  rgb(205, 149, 15)  hsl(42, 86%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0f47cd  rgb(15, 71, 205)  hsl(222, 86%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0fcd95  rgb(15, 205, 149)  hsl(162, 86%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#950fcd  rgb(149, 15, 205)  hsl(282, 86%, 43%)  Dark Violet