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#CD970C

#cd970c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cd970c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 59.22% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 94.15% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 43.21°, with 88.94% saturation and 42.55% 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.02.

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Relative luminance0.3514

Complementary

  1. #cd970c
  2. #0c42cd

Split complementary

  1. #cd970c
  2. #0ca3cd
  3. #360ccd

Analogous

  1. #cd360c
  2. #cd970c
  3. #a3cd0c

Triadic

  1. #cd970c
  2. #0ccd97
  3. #970ccd

Tetradic

  1. #cd970c
  2. #42cd0c
  3. #0c42cd
  4. #970ccd

Square

  1. #cd970c
  2. #0ccd36
  3. #0c42cd
  4. #cd0ca3

Monochromatic

  1. #3c2d04
  2. #856208
  3. #cd970c
  4. #f3bd32
  5. #f7d47b

Shades

#cd970c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd970c
  2. #b9880b
  3. #a4790a
  4. #906a08
  5. #7b5b07
  6. #674c06
  7. #523c05
  8. #3e2d04
  9. #291e02
  10. #150f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd970c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd970c
  2. #d2a124
  3. #d7ac3d
  4. #dcb655
  5. #e1c16d
  6. #e6cb86
  7. #ebd59e
  8. #f0e0b6
  9. #f5eace
  10. #faf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd970c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd970c
  2. #c59518
  3. #be9223
  4. #b6902f
  5. #ae8e3a
  6. #a78c46
  7. #9f8952
  8. #97875d
  9. #8f8569
  10. #888274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b49c7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa619 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e08781 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb9800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a015 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d88d66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd970c {
  color: #cd970c;
}
Background
.bg-cd970c {
  background-color: #cd970c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd970c {
  border: 2px solid #cd970c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd970c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 151 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 89% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd970c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd970c, #a3cd0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd970c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 151 12 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.02 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.37 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.84 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.30 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.63 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.64 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.79 #3268f3 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cd970c  rgb(205, 151, 12)  hsl(43, 89%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0c42cd  rgb(12, 66, 205)  hsl(223, 89%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0ccd97  rgb(12, 205, 151)  hsl(163, 89%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#970ccd  rgb(151, 12, 205)  hsl(283, 89%, 43%)  Dark Violet