HEX Color #CCA82C (Goldenrod)

About #CCA82C

The precise color #CCA82C is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Designers often compare it to the standard color Goldenrod. In the RGB color space, it consists of 204 red, 168 green, and 44 blue.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 18% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 46.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#CCA82C

RGB204, 168, 44

HSL46.5°, 64.5%, 48.6%

CMYK0%, 18%, 78%, 20%

HSV46.5°, 78.4%, 80.0%

LAB70.2, 1.2, 64.1

XYZ39.4, 41.0, 8.2

Decimal13412396

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#CCA82C #2C50CC

Analogous

#CC582C #A0CC2C

Triadic

#2CCCA8 #A82CCC

Tetradic

#2CCC58 #2C50CC #CC2C9F

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#CCA82C

#D1B143

#D7BB5A

#DDC572

#E2CE89

#E8D8A1

#EEE2B8

#F3EBD0

#F9F5E7

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#CCA82C

#B59527

#9E8222

#88701D

#715D18

#5A4A13

#44380E

#2D2509

#161204

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.28:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.20:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.18:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.83:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #CCA82C; }

.text-color { color: #CCA82C; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #CCA82C; }

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