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#CD970F

#cd970f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cd970f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 59.22% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 92.68% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 42.95°, 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.03.

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Relative luminance0.3515

Complementary

  1. #cd970f
  2. #0f45cd

Split complementary

  1. #cd970f
  2. #0fa4cd
  3. #380fcd

Analogous

  1. #cd380f
  2. #cd970f
  3. #a4cd0f

Triadic

  1. #cd970f
  2. #0fcd97
  3. #970fcd

Tetradic

  1. #cd970f
  2. #45cd0f
  3. #0f45cd
  4. #970fcd

Square

  1. #cd970f
  2. #0fcd38
  3. #0f45cd
  4. #cd0fa4

Monochromatic

  1. #3e2e05
  2. #86630a
  3. #cd970f
  4. #f0bc38
  5. #f6d47f

Shades

#cd970f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd970f
  2. #b9880e
  3. #a4790c
  4. #906a0b
  5. #7b5b09
  6. #674c08
  7. #523c06
  8. #3e2d05
  9. #291e03
  10. #150f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd970f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd970f
  2. #d2a127
  3. #d7ac3f
  4. #dcb657
  5. #e1c16f
  6. #e6cb87
  7. #ebd59f
  8. #f0e0b7
  9. #f5eacf
  10. #faf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd970f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd970f
  2. #c5951a
  3. #be9226
  4. #b69031
  5. #ae8e3c
  6. #a78c48
  7. #9f8953
  8. #97875e
  9. #8f8569
  10. #888275
  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 #baa61b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e08781 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb9800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a017 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d88d66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd970f {
  color: #cd970f;
}
Background
.bg-cd970f {
  background-color: #cd970f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd970f {
  border: 2px solid #cd970f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd970f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 151 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 86% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd970f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd970f, #a4cd0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd970f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 151 15 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.03 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.33 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.81 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.26 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.64 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.54 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.80 #3268f0 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cd970f  rgb(205, 151, 15)  hsl(43, 86%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0f45cd  rgb(15, 69, 205)  hsl(223, 86%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#0fcd97  rgb(15, 205, 151)  hsl(163, 86%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#970fcd  rgb(151, 15, 205)  hsl(283, 86%, 43%)  Dark Violet