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#CF950F

#cf950f ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#cf950f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 58.43% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.02% magenta, 92.75% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 41.88°, with 86.49% saturation and 43.53% 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 7.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 4.51.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3479

Complementary

  1. #cf950f
  2. #0f49cf

Split complementary

  1. #cf950f
  2. #0fa9cf
  3. #350fcf

Analogous

  1. #cf350f
  2. #cf950f
  3. #a9cf0f

Triadic

  1. #cf950f
  2. #0fcf95
  3. #950fcf

Tetradic

  1. #cf950f
  2. #49cf0f
  3. #0f49cf
  4. #950fcf

Square

  1. #cf950f
  2. #0fcf35
  3. #0f49cf
  4. #cf0fa9

Monochromatic

  1. #402e05
  2. #88620a
  3. #cf950f
  4. #f1b93a
  5. #f6d381

Shades

#cf950f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cf950f
  2. #ba860e
  3. #a6770c
  4. #91680b
  5. #7c5909
  6. #684b08
  7. #533c06
  8. #3e2d05
  9. #291e03
  10. #150f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#cf950f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cf950f
  2. #d4a027
  3. #d9aa3f
  4. #ddb557
  5. #e2bf6f
  6. #e7ca87
  7. #ecd59f
  8. #f1dfb7
  9. #f5eacf
  10. #faf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cf950f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cf950f
  2. #c7931a
  3. #bf9126
  4. #b78f31
  5. #af8d3c
  6. #a88b48
  7. #a08853
  8. #98865e
  9. #908469
  10. #888275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b49b7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a51a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e2847f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb9600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c29f16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #db8b65 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cf950f {
  color: #cf950f;
}
Background
.bg-cf950f {
  background-color: #cf950f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cf950f {
  border: 2px solid #cf950f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cf950f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 149 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 86% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cf950f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cf950f, #a9cf0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cf950f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 149 15 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.51 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.68 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.65 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.72 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.19 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.64 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.50 #306af0 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Gamboge
#cf950f  rgb(207, 149, 15)  hsl(42, 86%, 44%)  Gamboge
#0f49cf  rgb(15, 73, 207)  hsl(222, 86%, 44%)  Sapphire
#0fcf95  rgb(15, 207, 149)  hsl(162, 86%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#950fcf  rgb(149, 15, 207)  hsl(282, 86%, 44%)  Dark Violet