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#CD951A

#cd951a ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cd951a 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 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.32% magenta, 87.32% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 41.23°, with 77.49% saturation and 45.29% 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 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.8.

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Relative luminance0.3455

Complementary

  1. #cd951a
  2. #1a52cd

Split complementary

  1. #cd951a
  2. #1aabcd
  3. #3b1acd

Analogous

  1. #cd3b1a
  2. #cd951a
  3. #abcd1a

Triadic

  1. #cd951a
  2. #1acd95
  3. #951acd

Tetradic

  1. #cd951a
  2. #52cd1a
  3. #1a52cd
  4. #951acd

Square

  1. #cd951a
  2. #1acd3b
  3. #1a52cd
  4. #cd1aab

Monochromatic

  1. #453209
  2. #896411
  3. #cd951a
  4. #e8b74b
  5. #f1d28f

Shades

#cd951a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd951a
  2. #b98617
  3. #a47715
  4. #906812
  5. #7b5910
  6. #674b0d
  7. #523c0a
  8. #3e2d08
  9. #291e05
  10. #150f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd951a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd951a
  2. #d2a031
  3. #d7aa48
  4. #dcb55f
  5. #e1bf76
  6. #e6ca8d
  7. #ebd5a3
  8. #f0dfba
  9. #f5ead1
  10. #faf4e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd951a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd951a
  2. #c59324
  3. #be912e
  4. #b68f39
  5. #ae8d43
  6. #a78b4d
  7. #9f8857
  8. #978661
  9. #8f846c
  10. #888276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b39b7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a422 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df857f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9602 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c19f1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d88c66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd951a {
  color: #cd951a;
}
Background
.bg-cd951a {
  background-color: #cd951a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd951a {
  border: 2px solid #cd951a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd951a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 149 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 77% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd951a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd951a, #abcd1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd951a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 149 26 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.80 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.90 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.35 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.03 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.99 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.52 #326ae5 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cd951a  rgb(205, 149, 26)  hsl(41, 77%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#1a52cd  rgb(26, 82, 205)  hsl(221, 77%, 45%)  Sapphire
#1acd95  rgb(26, 205, 149)  hsl(161, 77%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#951acd  rgb(149, 26, 205)  hsl(281, 77%, 45%)  Dark Violet