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Bubbly Capricorn Goldenrod

#95ab19
Notes

Bubbly Capricorn Goldenrod (#95AB19) is a true yellow with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (69°, 74%, 38%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary blue. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#95ab19
RGB
rgb(149, 171, 25)
HSL
hsl(69, 74%, 38%)
HWB
hwb(69 10% 33%)
OKLCH
oklch(70.0% 0.158 118.8)
P3
color(display-p3 0.6008 0.6680 0.2306)
HSV
hsv(69, 85%, 67%)
LAB
lab(66.20% -25.10 64.13)
LCH
lch(66.20% 68.87 111.37)
CMYK
cmyk(13%, 0%, 85%, 33%)

Etymology

Bubbly
adjective

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of bubbles. As a color modifier, bubbly implies a saturated-and-effervescent-and-cheerful quality, the bright color of Champagne-and-Prosecco effervescent-wine carbonation-bubble-light reflection. Sits at the bright-and-effervescent end of the grid, parallel to fizzy and effervescent in usage.

Capricorn
modifier

Latin capricornus, horned-goat-of-the-zodiac. As a color modifier, capricorn implies a sea-goat-and-earth-sign-and-Saturn-ruled-cardinal-earth quality, the visual register of Hellenic-Capricorn-and-Pan-sea-goat hand-sea-goat-and-earth-sign-and-Saturn-ruled-cardinal-earth Hellenic-Capricorn-and-Pan-sea-goat-and-Babylonian-Suhurmašu capricorn-and-sea-goat-and-earth-sign surfaces under Hellenic-Capricorn-and-Pan-sea-goat-and-Babylonian-Suhurmašu winter-solstice-and-December-and-January cardinal-earth-sign-light. Sits at the modifier-and-zodiac end of the grid, parallel to sagittarius and aquarius in usage.

Goldenrod
noun

Solidago, the late-summer wildflower of North American meadows whose tall sprays of small yellow flowers signal the end of the growing season. The color refers to the flower head at full bloom: a warm, slightly muted yellow-orange with the matte finish of small clustered florets. Cooler than mustard, deeper than dandelion. The state flower of Kentucky and Nebraska, a pollinator magnet, and the original native dye for early American homespun.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#95ab19
Original
#b7a100
Protanopia
#b4a12a
Deuteranopia
#9fa192
Tritanopia
#9c9c9c
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.59:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
8.12:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##95AB19
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.6008 0.6680 0.2306)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.158

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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