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#D8A52D

#d8a52d ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d8a52d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 64.71% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.61% magenta, 79.17% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 42.11°, with 68.67% saturation and 51.18% 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 9.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.05.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.417

Complementary

  1. #d8a52d
  2. #2d60d8

Split complementary

  1. #d8a52d
  2. #2db5d8
  3. #502dd8

Analogous

  1. #d8502d
  2. #d8a52d
  3. #b5d82d

Triadic

  1. #d8a52d
  2. #2dd8a5
  3. #a52dd8

Tetradic

  1. #d8a52d
  2. #60d82d
  3. #2d60d8
  4. #a52dd8

Square

  1. #d8a52d
  2. #2dd850
  3. #2d60d8
  4. #d82db5

Monochromatic

  1. #5b4511
  2. #9c761d
  3. #d8a52d
  4. #e4c16e
  5. #f0dcae

Shades

#d8a52d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8a52d
  2. #c29529
  3. #ad8424
  4. #977420
  5. #82631b
  6. #6c5317
  7. #564212
  8. #41320e
  9. #2b2109
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8a52d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8a52d
  2. #dcae42
  3. #e0b757
  4. #e4c06c
  5. #e8c981
  6. #ecd296
  7. #efdbab
  8. #f3e4c0
  9. #f7edd5
  10. #fbf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8a52d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8a52d
  2. #cfa135
  3. #c69e3e
  4. #be9a46
  5. #b5964e
  6. #ac9357
  7. #a38f5f
  8. #9a8b67
  9. #92876f
  10. #898478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0aa8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba514 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b233 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eb958e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7a520 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cead31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e39c74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8a52d {
  color: #d8a52d;
}
Background
.bg-d8a52d {
  background-color: #d8a52d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8a52d {
  border: 2px solid #d8a52d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8a52d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 165 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 69% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8a52d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8a52d, #b5d82d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8a52d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 165 45 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.05 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.50 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.91 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.30 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.71 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.76 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.85 #275ad2 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#d8a52d  rgb(216, 165, 45)  hsl(42, 69%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#2d60d8  rgb(45, 96, 216)  hsl(222, 69%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#2dd8a5  rgb(45, 216, 165)  hsl(162, 69%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#a52dd8  rgb(165, 45, 216)  hsl(282, 69%, 51%)  Dark Orchid