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#CD960B

#cd960b ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cd960b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 58.82% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.83% magenta, 94.63% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 42.99°, with 89.81% saturation and 42.35% 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 7.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.3.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3482

Complementary

  1. #cd960b
  2. #0b42cd

Split complementary

  1. #cd960b
  2. #0ba3cd
  3. #350bcd

Analogous

  1. #cd350b
  2. #cd960b
  3. #a3cd0b

Triadic

  1. #cd960b
  2. #0bcd96
  3. #960bcd

Tetradic

  1. #cd960b
  2. #42cd0b
  3. #0b42cd
  4. #960bcd

Square

  1. #cd960b
  2. #0bcd35
  3. #0b42cd
  4. #cd0ba3

Monochromatic

  1. #3c2c03
  2. #846107
  3. #cd960b
  4. #f4bd31
  5. #f8d479

Shades

#cd960b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd960b
  2. #b9870a
  3. #a47809
  4. #906908
  5. #7b5a07
  6. #674b06
  7. #523c04
  8. #3e2d03
  9. #291e02
  10. #150f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd960b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd960b
  2. #d2a123
  3. #d7ab3c
  4. #dcb654
  5. #e1c06d
  6. #e6cb85
  7. #ebd59d
  8. #f0e0b6
  9. #f5eace
  10. #faf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd960b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd960b
  2. #c59417
  3. #be9222
  4. #b68f2e
  5. #ae8d3a
  6. #a78b46
  7. #9f8951
  8. #97875d
  9. #8f8469
  10. #888274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b39c7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a518 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e08680 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c19f14 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d88c65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd960b {
  color: #cd960b;
}
Background
.bg-cd960b {
  background-color: #cd960b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd960b {
  border: 2px solid #cd960b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd960b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 150 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 90% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd960b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd960b, #a3cd0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd960b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 150 11 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.30 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.21 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.63 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.24 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.99 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.63 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.10 #3269f4 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cd960b  rgb(205, 150, 11)  hsl(43, 90%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#0b42cd  rgb(11, 66, 205)  hsl(223, 90%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#0bcd96  rgb(11, 205, 150)  hsl(163, 90%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#960bcd  rgb(150, 11, 205)  hsl(283, 90%, 42%)  Dark Violet