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#CD9914

#cd9914 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#cd9914 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 60% green and 7.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.37% magenta, 90.24% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 43.14°, with 82.22% saturation and 44.12% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.53.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3581

Complementary

  1. #cd9914
  2. #1448cd

Split complementary

  1. #cd9914
  2. #14a4cd
  3. #3d14cd

Analogous

  1. #cd3d14
  2. #cd9914
  3. #a4cd14

Triadic

  1. #cd9914
  2. #14cd99
  3. #9914cd

Tetradic

  1. #cd9914
  2. #48cd14
  3. #1448cd
  4. #9914cd

Square

  1. #cd9914
  2. #14cd3d
  3. #1448cd
  4. #cd14a4

Monochromatic

  1. #423106
  2. #87650d
  3. #cd9914
  4. #ecbc41
  5. #f3d587

Shades

#cd9914 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd9914
  2. #b98a12
  3. #a47a10
  4. #906b0e
  5. #7b5c0c
  6. #674d0a
  7. #523d08
  8. #3e2e06
  9. #291f04
  10. #150f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd9914 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd9914
  2. #d2a32c
  3. #d7ad43
  4. #dcb85b
  5. #e1c272
  6. #e6cc8a
  7. #ebd6a1
  8. #f0e0b9
  9. #f5ebd0
  10. #faf5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd9914 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd9914
  2. #c5971f
  3. #be942a
  4. #b69234
  5. #ae8f3f
  6. #a78d4a
  7. #9f8a55
  8. #978860
  9. #8f856a
  10. #888375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b49e80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba71e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #df8983 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc9900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a11b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d89068 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd9914 {
  color: #cd9914;
}
Background
.bg-cd9914 {
  background-color: #cd9914;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd9914 {
  border: 2px solid #cd9914;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd9914;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 153 20;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 82% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd9914 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd9914, #a4cd14);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd9914 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 153 20 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.53 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.65 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.24 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.92 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.20 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.48 #3266eb Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#cd9914  rgb(205, 153, 20)  hsl(43, 82%, 44%)  Goldenrod
#1448cd  rgb(20, 72, 205)  hsl(223, 82%, 44%)  Sapphire
#14cd99  rgb(20, 205, 153)  hsl(163, 82%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#9914cd  rgb(153, 20, 205)  hsl(283, 82%, 44%)  Dark Violet