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#D7940C

#d7940c ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d7940c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.31% red, 58.04% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.16% magenta, 94.42% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 40.2°, with 89.43% saturation and 44.51% 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 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 2.74.

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Relative luminance0.3565

Complementary

  1. #d7940c
  2. #0c4fd7

Split complementary

  1. #d7940c
  2. #0cb4d7
  3. #2f0cd7

Analogous

  1. #d72f0c
  2. #d7940c
  3. #b4d70c

Triadic

  1. #d7940c
  2. #0cd794
  3. #940cd7

Tetradic

  1. #d7940c
  2. #4fd70c
  3. #0c4fd7
  4. #940cd7

Square

  1. #d7940c
  2. #0cd72f
  3. #0c4fd7
  4. #d70cb4

Monochromatic

  1. #463004
  2. #8f6208
  3. #d7940c
  4. #f4b73b
  5. #f8d284

Shades

#d7940c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d7940c
  2. #c2850b
  3. #ac760a
  4. #976808
  5. #815907
  6. #6c4a06
  7. #563b05
  8. #412c04
  9. #2b1e02
  10. #160f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#d7940c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d7940c
  2. #db9f24
  3. #dfa93d
  4. #e3b455
  5. #e7bf6d
  6. #ebca86
  7. #efd49e
  8. #f3dfb6
  9. #f7eace
  10. #fbf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d7940c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d7940c
  2. #ce9218
  3. #c69023
  4. #bd8e2f
  5. #b48c3a
  6. #ac8a46
  7. #a38852
  8. #9a865d
  9. #918469
  10. #898274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b99c80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bca816 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eb827e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bf9600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c7a013 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e38a64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d7940c {
  color: #d7940c;
}
Background
.bg-d7940c {
  background-color: #d7940c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d7940c {
  border: 2px solid #d7940c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d7940c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 215 148 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 89% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d7940c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7940c, #b4d70c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d7940c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(215 148 12 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.74 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.42 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.78 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.94 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 7.20 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.53 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.79 #286bf3 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Gamboge
#d7940c  rgb(215, 148, 12)  hsl(40, 89%, 45%)  Gamboge
#0c4fd7  rgb(12, 79, 215)  hsl(220, 89%, 45%)  Sapphire
#0cd794  rgb(12, 215, 148)  hsl(160, 89%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#940cd7  rgb(148, 12, 215)  hsl(280, 89%, 45%)  Dark Violet