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#C9900A

#c9900a ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • brown
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#c9900a is a color from the brown family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 56.47% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.36% magenta, 95.02% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 42.09°, with 90.52% saturation and 41.37% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with reliability, warmth and earthiness. Designers typically use it for cafés and coffee brands, rustic and natural styles and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.09.

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Relative luminance0.3239

Complementary

  1. #c9900a
  2. #0a43c9

Split complementary

  1. #c9900a
  2. #0aa3c9
  3. #300ac9

Analogous

  1. #c9300a
  2. #c9900a
  3. #a3c90a

Triadic

  1. #c9900a
  2. #0ac990
  3. #900ac9

Tetradic

  1. #c9900a
  2. #43c90a
  3. #0a43c9
  4. #900ac9

Square

  1. #c9900a
  2. #0ac930
  3. #0a43c9
  4. #c90aa3

Monochromatic

  1. #372803
  2. #805c06
  3. #c9900a
  4. #f4b82b
  5. #f8d174

Shades

#c9900a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9900a
  2. #b58209
  3. #a17308
  4. #8d6507
  5. #795606
  6. #654805
  7. #503a04
  8. #3c2b03
  9. #281d02
  10. #140e01
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9900a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9900a
  2. #ce9b23
  3. #d4a63b
  4. #d9b154
  5. #dfbc6c
  6. #e4c885
  7. #e9d39d
  8. #efdeb6
  9. #f4e9ce
  10. #faf4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9900a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9900a
  2. #c28e16
  3. #ba8d22
  4. #b38b2d
  5. #ac8a39
  6. #a58845
  7. #9d8651
  8. #96855d
  9. #8f8368
  10. #878274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af967a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a016 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db807b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b59100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd9a12 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d48661 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9900a {
  color: #c9900a;
}
Background
.bg-c9900a {
  background-color: #c9900a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9900a {
  border: 2px solid #c9900a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9900a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 144 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9900a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9900a, #a3c90a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9900a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 144 10 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.09 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.71 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.17 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.12 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 9.22 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.77 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 9.89 #366ff5 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#c9900a  rgb(201, 144, 10)  hsl(42, 91%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod
#0a43c9  rgb(10, 67, 201)  hsl(222, 91%, 41%)  Persian Blue
#0ac990  rgb(10, 201, 144)  hsl(162, 91%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#900ac9  rgb(144, 10, 201)  hsl(282, 91%, 41%)  Dark Violet