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#CE9937

#ce9937 ≈ Goldenrod

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ce9937 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 60% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.73% magenta, 73.3% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 38.94°, with 60.64% saturation and 51.18% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 5.09.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3618

Complementary

  1. #ce9937
  2. #376cce

Split complementary

  1. #ce9937
  2. #37b8ce
  3. #4e37ce

Analogous

  1. #ce4e37
  2. #ce9937
  3. #b8ce37

Triadic

  1. #ce9937
  2. #37ce99
  3. #9937ce

Tetradic

  1. #ce9937
  2. #6cce37
  3. #376cce
  4. #9937ce

Square

  1. #ce9937
  2. #37ce4e
  3. #376cce
  4. #ce37b8

Monochromatic

  1. #574015
  2. #946d24
  3. #ce9937
  4. #ddb874
  5. #ecd8b2

Shades

#ce9937 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce9937
  2. #b98a32
  3. #a57a2c
  4. #906b27
  5. #7c5c21
  6. #674d1c
  7. #523d16
  8. #3e2e11
  9. #291f0b
  10. #150f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce9937 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce9937
  2. #d3a34b
  3. #d8ad5f
  4. #ddb873
  5. #e2c287
  6. #e7cc9b
  7. #ebd6af
  8. #f0e0c3
  9. #f5ebd7
  10. #faf5eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce9937 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce9937
  2. #c6973e
  3. #be9446
  4. #b7924d
  5. #af8f54
  6. #a78d5c
  7. #9f8a63
  8. #97886a
  9. #908571
  10. #888379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b59f84 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9a29 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa73b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e08a85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb9a2f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c2a239 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9906e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce9937 {
  color: #ce9937;
}
Background
.bg-ce9937 {
  background-color: #ce9937;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce9937 {
  border: 2px solid #ce9937;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce9937;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 39 61% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce9937 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce9937, #b8ce37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce9937 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 55 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.09 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.32 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.93 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.94 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.05 #3166c8 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ce9937  rgb(206, 153, 55)  hsl(39, 61%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#376cce  rgb(55, 108, 206)  hsl(219, 61%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#37ce99  rgb(55, 206, 153)  hsl(159, 61%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#9937ce  rgb(153, 55, 206)  hsl(279, 61%, 51%)  Dark Orchid