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#CD971E

#cd971e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cd971e 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 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 85.37% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 41.49°, with 74.47% saturation and 46.08% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 4.24.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3521

Complementary

  1. #cd971e
  2. #1e54cd

Split complementary

  1. #cd971e
  2. #1eabcd
  3. #401ecd

Analogous

  1. #cd401e
  2. #cd971e
  3. #abcd1e

Triadic

  1. #cd971e
  2. #1ecd97
  3. #971ecd

Tetradic

  1. #cd971e
  2. #54cd1e
  3. #1e54cd
  4. #971ecd

Square

  1. #cd971e
  2. #1ecd40
  3. #1e54cd
  4. #cd1eab

Monochromatic

  1. #48350a
  2. #8a6614
  3. #cd971e
  4. #e6b852
  5. #efd395

Shades

#cd971e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd971e
  2. #b9881b
  3. #a47918
  4. #906a15
  5. #7b5b12
  6. #674c0f
  7. #523c0c
  8. #3e2d09
  9. #291e06
  10. #150f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd971e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd971e
  2. #d2a135
  3. #d7ac4b
  4. #dcb662
  5. #e1c178
  6. #e6cb8f
  7. #ebd5a5
  8. #f0e0bc
  9. #f5ead2
  10. #faf5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd971e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd971e
  2. #c59528
  3. #be9232
  4. #b6903b
  5. #ae8e45
  6. #a78c4f
  7. #9f8959
  8. #978763
  9. #8f856c
  10. #888276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b49d80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a625 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df8781 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba980a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a022 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d88e68 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd971e {
  color: #cd971e;
}
Background
.bg-cd971e {
  background-color: #cd971e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd971e {
  border: 2px solid #cd971e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd971e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 151 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 74% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd971e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd971e, #abcd1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd971e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 151 30 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.24 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.11 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.71 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.04 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.78 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.82 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.90 #3268e1 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cd971e  rgb(205, 151, 30)  hsl(41, 74%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#1e54cd  rgb(30, 84, 205)  hsl(221, 74%, 46%)  Sapphire
#1ecd97  rgb(30, 205, 151)  hsl(161, 74%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#971ecd  rgb(151, 30, 205)  hsl(281, 74%, 46%)  Dark Violet