HEX Color #C57C16 (Darkgoldenrod)

About #C57C16

The precise color #C57C16 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Darkgoldenrod. In the RGB color space, it consists of 197 red, 124 green, and 22 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 37% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 35.0° hue, 79.9% saturation, and 42.9% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C57C16

RGB197, 124, 22

HSL35.0°, 79.9%, 42.9%

CMYK0%, 37%, 89%, 23%

HSV35.0°, 88.8%, 77.3%

LAB58.4, 21.3, 60.4

XYZ30.4, 26.3, 4.2

Decimal12942358

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#C57C16 #165FC4

Analogous

#C42416 #B6C416

Triadic

#16C47C #7C16C4

Tetradic

#16C424 #165FC4 #C416B6

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#C57C16

#CB8A2F

#D19949

#D8A763

#DEB67D

#E5C497

#EBD3B1

#F2E1CB

#F8F0E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#C57C16

#AF6E13

#996011

#83520E

#6D440C

#573709

#412907

#2B1B04

#150D02

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.35:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

6.27:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.20:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

5.33:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C57C16; }

.text-color { color: #C57C16; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #C57C16; }

Similar Colors

Darkgoldenrod

#B8860B