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#D8A62F

#d8a62f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d8a62f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 65.1% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.15% magenta, 78.24% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 42.25°, 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.2.

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Relative luminance0.4208

Complementary

  1. #d8a62f
  2. #2f61d8

Split complementary

  1. #d8a62f
  2. #2fb5d8
  3. #522fd8

Analogous

  1. #d8522f
  2. #d8a62f
  3. #b5d82f

Triadic

  1. #d8a62f
  2. #2fd8a6
  3. #a62fd8

Tetradic

  1. #d8a62f
  2. #61d82f
  3. #2f61d8
  4. #a62fd8

Square

  1. #d8a62f
  2. #2fd852
  3. #2f61d8
  4. #d82fb5

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4611
  2. #9d771d
  3. #d8a62f
  4. #e4c26f
  5. #f0ddb0

Shades

#d8a62f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8a62f
  2. #c2952a
  3. #ad8526
  4. #977421
  5. #82641c
  6. #6c5318
  7. #564213
  8. #41320e
  9. #2b2109
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8a62f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8a62f
  2. #dcaf44
  3. #e0b859
  4. #e4c16d
  5. #e8ca82
  6. #ecd397
  7. #efdbac
  8. #f3e4c1
  9. #f7edd5
  10. #fbf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8a62f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8a62f
  2. #cfa237
  3. #c69e3f
  4. #be9b47
  5. #b5974f
  6. #ac9358
  7. #a38f60
  8. #9a8b68
  9. #928870
  10. #898478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0ab8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca618 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b335 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eb968f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8a623 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceae33 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e39d75 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8a62f {
  color: #d8a62f;
}
Background
.bg-d8a62f {
  background-color: #d8a62f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8a62f {
  border: 2px solid #d8a62f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8a62f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 166 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 68% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8a62f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8a62f, #b5d82f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8a62f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 166 47 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.20 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.17 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.62 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.55 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.03 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.82 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.52 #2759d0 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#d8a62f  rgb(216, 166, 47)  hsl(42, 68%, 52%)  Goldenrod
#2f61d8  rgb(47, 97, 216)  hsl(222, 68%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2fd8a6  rgb(47, 216, 166)  hsl(162, 68%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a62fd8  rgb(166, 47, 216)  hsl(282, 68%, 52%)  Dark Orchid