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#D8A60F

#d8a60f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d8a60f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 65.1% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.15% magenta, 93.06% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 45.07°, with 87.01% saturation and 45.29% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.5.

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Relative luminance0.4191

Complementary

  1. #d8a60f
  2. #0f41d8

Split complementary

  1. #d8a60f
  2. #0fa5d8
  3. #410fd8

Analogous

  1. #d8410f
  2. #d8a60f
  3. #a5d80f

Triadic

  1. #d8a60f
  2. #0fd8a6
  3. #a60fd8

Tetradic

  1. #d8a60f
  2. #41d80f
  3. #0f41d8
  4. #a60fd8

Square

  1. #d8a60f
  2. #0fd841
  3. #0f41d8
  4. #d80fa5

Monochromatic

  1. #493805
  2. #906f0a
  3. #d8a60f
  4. #f2c642
  5. #f7dc89

Shades

#d8a60f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8a60f
  2. #c2950e
  3. #ad850c
  4. #97740b
  5. #826409
  6. #6c5308
  7. #564206
  8. #413205
  9. #2b2103
  10. #161102
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8a60f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8a60f
  2. #dcaf27
  3. #e0b83f
  4. #e4c157
  5. #e8ca6f
  6. #ecd387
  7. #efdb9f
  8. #f3e4b7
  9. #f7edcf
  10. #fbf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8a60f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8a60f
  2. #cfa21a
  3. #c69e26
  4. #be9b31
  5. #b5973c
  6. #ac9348
  7. #a38f53
  8. #9a8b5e
  9. #928869
  10. #898475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0aa8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b31e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eb958d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8a600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfae19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e49c70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8a60f {
  color: #d8a60f;
}
Background
.bg-d8a60f {
  background-color: #d8a60f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8a60f {
  border: 2px solid #d8a60f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8a60f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 166 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 87% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8a60f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8a60f, #a5d80f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8a60f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 166 15 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.50 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.14 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.69 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.47 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.81 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.26 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.77 #2759f0 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#d8a60f  rgb(216, 166, 15)  hsl(45, 87%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0f41d8  rgb(15, 65, 216)  hsl(225, 87%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0fd8a6  rgb(15, 216, 166)  hsl(165, 87%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a60fd8  rgb(166, 15, 216)  hsl(285, 87%, 45%)  Dark Orchid