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#C19A42

#c19a42 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c19a42 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 60.39% green and 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.21% magenta, 65.8% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 41.57°, with 50.6% saturation and 50.78% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 6.59.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3484

Complementary

  1. #c19a42
  2. #4269c1

Split complementary

  1. #c19a42
  2. #42a9c1
  3. #5a42c1

Analogous

  1. #c15a42
  2. #c19a42
  3. #a9c142

Triadic

  1. #c19a42
  2. #42c19a
  3. #9a42c1

Tetradic

  1. #c19a42
  2. #69c142
  3. #4269c1
  4. #9a42c1

Square

  1. #c19a42
  2. #42c15a
  3. #4269c1
  4. #c142a9

Monochromatic

  1. #503f1a
  2. #896d2d
  3. #c19a42
  4. #d4b97c
  5. #e7d8b5

Shades

#c19a42 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c19a42
  2. #ae8b3b
  3. #9a7b35
  4. #876c2e
  5. #745c28
  6. #614d21
  7. #4d3e1a
  8. #3a2e14
  9. #271f0d
  10. #130f07
  11. #000000

Tints

#c19a42 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c19a42
  2. #c7a455
  3. #cdae68
  4. #d4b87b
  5. #dac28e
  6. #e0cda1
  7. #e6d7b3
  8. #ece1c6
  9. #f3ebd9
  10. #f9f5ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c19a42 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c19a42
  2. #bb9748
  3. #b4954e
  4. #ae9255
  5. #a7905b
  6. #a18d61
  7. #9a8a67
  8. #94886d
  9. #8d8574
  10. #87837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae9d84 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9938 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a445 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d18d87 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b59a3c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #baa044 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cb9272 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c19a42 {
  color: #c19a42;
}
Background
.bg-c19a42 {
  background-color: #c19a42;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c19a42 {
  border: 2px solid #c19a42;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c19a42;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 154 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 51% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c19a42 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c19a42, #a9c142);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c19a42 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 154 66 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.59 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.91 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.21 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 8.05 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.12 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.49 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.91 #3e65bd Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#c19a42  rgb(193, 154, 66)  hsl(42, 51%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#4269c1  rgb(66, 105, 193)  hsl(222, 51%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#42c19a  rgb(66, 193, 154)  hsl(162, 51%, 51%)  Mint
#9a42c1  rgb(154, 66, 193)  hsl(282, 51%, 51%)  Dark Orchid