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#C79110

#c79110 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c79110 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.04% red, 56.86% green and 6.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.14% magenta, 91.96% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 42.3°, with 85.12% saturation and 42.16% 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 7.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 3.95.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3243

Complementary

  1. #c79110
  2. #1046c7

Split complementary

  1. #c79110
  2. #10a1c7
  3. #3610c7

Analogous

  1. #c73610
  2. #c79110
  3. #a1c710

Triadic

  1. #c79110
  2. #10c791
  3. #9110c7

Tetradic

  1. #c79110
  2. #46c710
  3. #1046c7
  4. #9110c7

Square

  1. #c79110
  2. #10c736
  3. #1046c7
  4. #c710a1

Monochromatic

  1. #392a05
  2. #805d0a
  3. #c79110
  4. #efb835
  5. #f4d17c

Shades

#c79110 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c79110
  2. #b3830e
  3. #9f740d
  4. #8b660b
  5. #77570a
  6. #644908
  7. #503a06
  8. #3c2c05
  9. #281d03
  10. #140f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#c79110 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c79110
  2. #cd9c28
  3. #d2a740
  4. #d8b258
  5. #ddbd70
  6. #e3c888
  7. #e9d39f
  8. #eedeb7
  9. #f4e9cf
  10. #f9f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c79110 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c79110
  2. #c08f1b
  3. #b98e26
  4. #b28c32
  5. #ab8a3d
  6. #a48948
  7. #9c8753
  8. #95855e
  9. #8e836a
  10. #878275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae977b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a01a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9817c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b49200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb9a17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d28862 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c79110 {
  color: #c79110;
}
Background
.bg-c79110 {
  background-color: #c79110;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c79110 {
  border: 2px solid #c79110;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c79110;
  --color-primary-rgb: 199 145 16;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 85% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c79110 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c79110, #a1c710);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c79110 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(199 145 16 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 3.95 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.93 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.17 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.44 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.24 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.30 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 10.55 #386eef Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c79110  rgb(199, 145, 16)  hsl(42, 85%, 42%)  Dark Goldenrod
#1046c7  rgb(16, 70, 199)  hsl(222, 85%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#10c791  rgb(16, 199, 145)  hsl(162, 85%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#9110c7  rgb(145, 16, 199)  hsl(282, 85%, 42%)  Dark Violet