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#CA9727

#ca9727 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ca9727 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 59.22% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.25% magenta, 80.69% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 41.23°, with 67.63% saturation and 47.25% 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 4.6.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.3484

Complementary

  1. #ca9727
  2. #275aca

Split complementary

  1. #ca9727
  2. #27abca
  3. #4627ca

Analogous

  1. #ca4627
  2. #ca9727
  3. #abca27

Triadic

  1. #ca9727
  2. #27ca97
  3. #9727ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca9727
  2. #5aca27
  3. #275aca
  4. #9727ca

Square

  1. #ca9727
  2. #27ca46
  3. #275aca
  4. #ca27ab

Monochromatic

  1. #4a370e
  2. #8a671b
  3. #ca9727
  4. #e0b75e
  5. #ecd49e

Shades

#ca9727 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca9727
  2. #b68823
  3. #a2791f
  4. #8d6a1b
  5. #795b17
  6. #654c14
  7. #513c10
  8. #3d2d0c
  9. #281e08
  10. #140f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca9727 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca9727
  2. #cfa13d
  3. #d5ac52
  4. #dab668
  5. #dfc17d
  6. #e5cb93
  7. #ead5a9
  8. #efe0be
  9. #f4ead4
  10. #faf5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca9727 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca9727
  2. #c39530
  3. #bb9239
  4. #b49042
  5. #ac8e4b
  6. #a58c54
  7. #9e895c
  8. #968765
  9. #8f856e
  10. #878277
  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 #b29c80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac980d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a52d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dc8882 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9971a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf9f2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d58e69 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca9727 {
  color: #ca9727;
}
Background
.bg-ca9727 {
  background-color: #ca9727;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca9727 {
  border: 2px solid #ca9727;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca9727;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 151 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 68% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca9727 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca9727, #abca27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca9727 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 151 39 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.60 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 5.46 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.84 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.62 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.75 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 9.01 #3568d8 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ca9727  rgb(202, 151, 39)  hsl(41, 68%, 47%)  Goldenrod
#275aca  rgb(39, 90, 202)  hsl(221, 68%, 47%)  Sapphire
#27ca97  rgb(39, 202, 151)  hsl(161, 68%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#9727ca  rgb(151, 39, 202)  hsl(281, 68%, 47%)  Dark Orchid