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#D8A223

#d8a223 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d8a223 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 63.53% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 83.8% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 42.1°, with 72.11% saturation and 49.22% 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 9.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.05.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4056

Complementary

  1. #d8a223
  2. #2359d8

Split complementary

  1. #d8a223
  2. #23b4d8
  3. #4823d8

Analogous

  1. #d84823
  2. #d8a223
  3. #b4d823

Triadic

  1. #d8a223
  2. #23d8a2
  3. #a223d8

Tetradic

  1. #d8a223
  2. #59d823
  3. #2359d8
  4. #a223d8

Square

  1. #d8a223
  2. #23d848
  3. #2359d8
  4. #d823b4

Monochromatic

  1. #543f0e
  2. #967118
  3. #d8a223
  4. #e6be62
  5. #f0d9a4

Shades

#d8a223 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8a223
  2. #c29220
  3. #ad821c
  4. #977119
  5. #826115
  6. #6c5112
  7. #56410e
  8. #41310b
  9. #2b2007
  10. #161004
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8a223 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8a223
  2. #dcab39
  3. #e0b54f
  4. #e4be65
  5. #e8c77b
  6. #ecd191
  7. #efdaa7
  8. #f3e3bd
  9. #f7ecd3
  10. #fbf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8a223 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8a223
  2. #cf9f2c
  3. #c69b36
  4. #be983f
  5. #b59448
  6. #ac9152
  7. #a38e5b
  8. #9a8a64
  9. #92876d
  10. #898377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfa789 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b02b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eb918b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6a210 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdab28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e49870 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8a223 {
  color: #d8a223;
}
Background
.bg-d8a223 {
  background-color: #d8a223;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8a223 {
  border: 2px solid #d8a223;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8a223;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 162 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 72% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8a223 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8a223, #b4d823);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8a223 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 162 35 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.05 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.75 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.89 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.45 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.77 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.96 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 8.70 #275ddc Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#d8a223  rgb(216, 162, 35)  hsl(42, 72%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#2359d8  rgb(35, 89, 216)  hsl(222, 72%, 49%)  Sapphire
#23d8a2  rgb(35, 216, 162)  hsl(162, 72%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a223d8  rgb(162, 35, 216)  hsl(282, 72%, 49%)  Dark Orchid