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#CD9906

#cd9906 ≈ Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cd9906 is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 60% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.37% magenta, 97.07% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 44.32°, with 94.31% saturation and 41.37% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with reliability, warmth and earthiness. Designers typically use it for cafés and coffee brands, rustic and natural styles and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.52.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3577

Complementary

  1. #cd9906
  2. #063acd

Split complementary

  1. #cd9906
  2. #069dcd
  3. #3506cd

Analogous

  1. #cd3506
  2. #cd9906
  3. #9dcd06

Triadic

  1. #cd9906
  2. #06cd99
  3. #9906cd

Tetradic

  1. #cd9906
  2. #3acd06
  3. #063acd
  4. #9906cd

Square

  1. #cd9906
  2. #06cd35
  3. #063acd
  4. #cd069d

Monochromatic

  1. #382a02
  2. #836204
  3. #cd9906
  4. #f9c227
  5. #fbd771

Shades

#cd9906 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd9906
  2. #b98a05
  3. #a47a05
  4. #906b04
  5. #7b5c04
  6. #674d03
  7. #523d02
  8. #3e2e02
  9. #291f01
  10. #150f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd9906 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd9906
  2. #d2a31f
  3. #d7ad38
  4. #dcb851
  5. #e1c26a
  6. #e6cc83
  7. #ebd69b
  8. #f0e0b4
  9. #f5ebcd
  10. #faf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd9906 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd9906
  2. #c59712
  3. #be941e
  4. #b6922b
  5. #ae8f37
  6. #a78d43
  7. #9f8a4f
  8. #97885b
  9. #8f8568
  10. #888374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b49e80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba716 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e08982 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc9900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a111 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d88f67 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd9906 {
  color: #cd9906;
}
Background
.bg-cd9906 {
  background-color: #cd9906;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd9906 {
  border: 2px solid #cd9906;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd9906;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 153 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 94% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd9906 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd9906, #9dcd06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd9906 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 153 6 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.52 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.86 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.39 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.90 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.20 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.96 #3266f9 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cd9906  rgb(205, 153, 6)  hsl(44, 94%, 41%)  Goldenrod
#063acd  rgb(6, 58, 205)  hsl(224, 94%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#06cd99  rgb(6, 205, 153)  hsl(164, 94%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#9906cd  rgb(153, 6, 205)  hsl(284, 94%, 41%)  Dark Violet