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#CF940E

#cf940e ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cf940e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 58.04% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.5% magenta, 93.24% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 41.66°, with 87.33% saturation and 43.33% 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 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3448

Complementary

  1. #cf940e
  2. #0e49cf

Split complementary

  1. #cf940e
  2. #0ea9cf
  3. #340ecf

Analogous

  1. #cf340e
  2. #cf940e
  3. #a9cf0e

Triadic

  1. #cf940e
  2. #0ecf94
  3. #940ecf

Tetradic

  1. #cf940e
  2. #49cf0e
  3. #0e49cf
  4. #940ecf

Square

  1. #cf940e
  2. #0ecf34
  3. #0e49cf
  4. #cf0ea9

Monochromatic

  1. #402e04
  2. #876109
  3. #cf940e
  4. #f2b938
  5. #f6d280

Shades

#cf940e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cf940e
  2. #ba850d
  3. #a6760b
  4. #91680a
  5. #7c5908
  6. #684a07
  7. #533b06
  8. #3e2c04
  9. #291e03
  10. #150f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#cf940e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cf940e
  2. #d49f26
  3. #d9a93e
  4. #ddb456
  5. #e2bf6e
  6. #e7ca87
  7. #ecd49f
  8. #f1dfb7
  9. #f5eacf
  10. #faf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cf940e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cf940e
  2. #c79219
  3. #bf9025
  4. #b78e30
  5. #af8c3c
  6. #a88a47
  7. #a08852
  8. #98865e
  9. #908469
  10. #888275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b49a7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a519 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e2837e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba9500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c29e15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #db8a64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cf940e {
  color: #cf940e;
}
Background
.bg-cf940e {
  background-color: #cf940e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cf940e {
  border: 2px solid #cf940e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cf940e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 148 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 87% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cf940e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cf940e, #a9cf0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cf940e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 148 14 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.43 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.02 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.51 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.74 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.01 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 9.24 #306bf1 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Gamboge
#cf940e  rgb(207, 148, 14)  hsl(42, 87%, 43%)  Gamboge
#0e49cf  rgb(14, 73, 207)  hsl(222, 87%, 43%)  Sapphire
#0ecf94  rgb(14, 207, 148)  hsl(162, 87%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#940ecf  rgb(148, 14, 207)  hsl(282, 87%, 43%)  Dark Violet