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#D8A42F

#d8a42f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d8a42f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 64.31% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.07% magenta, 78.24% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 41.54°, with 68.42% saturation and 51.57% 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 9.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.38.

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Relative luminance0.4136

Complementary

  1. #d8a42f
  2. #2f63d8

Split complementary

  1. #d8a42f
  2. #2fb7d8
  3. #502fd8

Analogous

  1. #d8502f
  2. #d8a42f
  3. #b7d82f

Triadic

  1. #d8a42f
  2. #2fd8a4
  3. #a42fd8

Tetradic

  1. #d8a42f
  2. #63d82f
  3. #2f63d8
  4. #a42fd8

Square

  1. #d8a42f
  2. #2fd850
  3. #2f63d8
  4. #d82fb7

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4511
  2. #9d761d
  3. #d8a42f
  4. #e4c06f
  5. #f0dcb0

Shades

#d8a42f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8a42f
  2. #c2942a
  3. #ad8326
  4. #977321
  5. #82621c
  6. #6c5218
  7. #564213
  8. #41310e
  9. #2b2109
  10. #161005
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8a42f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8a42f
  2. #dcad44
  3. #e0b659
  4. #e4bf6d
  5. #e8c882
  6. #ecd297
  7. #efdbac
  8. #f3e4c1
  9. #f7edd5
  10. #fbf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8a42f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8a42f
  2. #cfa037
  3. #c69d3f
  4. #be9947
  5. #b5964f
  6. #ac9258
  7. #a38e60
  8. #9a8b68
  9. #928770
  10. #898478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfa98b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa418 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b235 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eb948e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7a423 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdac33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e39b73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8a42f {
  color: #d8a42f;
}
Background
.bg-d8a42f {
  background-color: #d8a42f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8a42f {
  border: 2px solid #d8a42f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8a42f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 164 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 68% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8a42f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8a42f, #b7d82f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8a42f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 164 47 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.95 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.30 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.32 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.34 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.29 #275bd0 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#d8a42f  rgb(216, 164, 47)  hsl(42, 68%, 52%)  Goldenrod
#2f63d8  rgb(47, 99, 216)  hsl(222, 68%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2fd8a4  rgb(47, 216, 164)  hsl(162, 68%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a42fd8  rgb(164, 47, 216)  hsl(282, 68%, 52%)  Dark Orchid