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#CE9909

#ce9909 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ce9909 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 60% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.73% magenta, 95.63% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 43.86°, with 91.63% saturation and 42.16% 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 8.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.45.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3592

Complementary

  1. #ce9909
  2. #093ece

Split complementary

  1. #ce9909
  2. #09a1ce
  3. #3709ce

Analogous

  1. #ce3709
  2. #ce9909
  3. #a1ce09

Triadic

  1. #ce9909
  2. #09ce99
  3. #9909ce

Tetradic

  1. #ce9909
  2. #3ece09
  3. #093ece
  4. #9909ce

Square

  1. #ce9909
  2. #09ce37
  3. #093ece
  4. #ce09a1

Monochromatic

  1. #3b2c03
  2. #856306
  3. #ce9909
  4. #f6c02e
  5. #f9d677

Shades

#ce9909 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce9909
  2. #b98a08
  3. #a57a07
  4. #906b06
  5. #7c5c05
  6. #674d05
  7. #523d04
  8. #3e2e03
  9. #291f02
  10. #150f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce9909 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce9909
  2. #d3a322
  3. #d8ad3a
  4. #ddb853
  5. #e2c26b
  6. #e7cc84
  7. #ebd69d
  8. #f0e0b5
  9. #f5ebce
  10. #faf5e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce9909 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce9909
  2. #c69715
  3. #be9421
  4. #b7922d
  5. #af8f39
  6. #a78d45
  7. #9f8a50
  8. #97885c
  9. #908568
  10. #888374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b59e80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bca718 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e18982 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc9900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3a213 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d98f67 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce9909 {
  color: #ce9909;
}
Background
.bg-ce9909 {
  background-color: #ce9909;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce9909 {
  border: 2px solid #ce9909;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce9909;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce9909 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce9909, #a1ce09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce9909 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 9 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.45 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.54 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.29 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.02 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 8.20 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.71 #3166f6 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ce9909  rgb(206, 153, 9)  hsl(44, 92%, 42%)  Goldenrod
#093ece  rgb(9, 62, 206)  hsl(224, 92%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#09ce99  rgb(9, 206, 153)  hsl(164, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#9909ce  rgb(153, 9, 206)  hsl(284, 92%, 42%)  Dark Violet