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#D8A80C

#d8a80c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d8a80c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 65.88% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 94.44% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 45.88°, with 89.47% saturation and 44.71% 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 9.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.23.

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Relative luminance0.4263

Complementary

  1. #d8a80c
  2. #0c3cd8

Split complementary

  1. #d8a80c
  2. #0ca2d8
  3. #420cd8

Analogous

  1. #d8420c
  2. #d8a80c
  3. #a2d80c

Triadic

  1. #d8a80c
  2. #0cd8a8
  3. #a80cd8

Tetradic

  1. #d8a80c
  2. #3cd80c
  3. #0c3cd8
  4. #a80cd8

Square

  1. #d8a80c
  2. #0cd842
  3. #0c3cd8
  4. #d80ca2

Monochromatic

  1. #473704
  2. #907008
  3. #d8a80c
  4. #f4c93c
  5. #f8dd85

Shades

#d8a80c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8a80c
  2. #c2970b
  3. #ad860a
  4. #977608
  5. #826507
  6. #6c5406
  7. #564305
  8. #413204
  9. #2b2202
  10. #161101
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8a80c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8a80c
  2. #dcb124
  3. #e0b93d
  4. #e4c255
  5. #e8cb6d
  6. #ecd486
  7. #efdc9e
  8. #f3e5b6
  9. #f7eece
  10. #fbf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8a80c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8a80c
  2. #cfa418
  3. #c6a023
  4. #be9c2f
  5. #b5983a
  6. #ac9446
  7. #a39052
  8. #9a8c5d
  9. #928869
  10. #898474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1ac8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab41d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eb978f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0af17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e49e71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8a80c {
  color: #d8a80c;
}
Background
.bg-d8a80c {
  background-color: #d8a80c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8a80c {
  border: 2px solid #d8a80c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8a80c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 168 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 89% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8a80c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8a80c, #a2d80c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8a80c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 168 12 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.65 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.31 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.63 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.17 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.26 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.59 #2757f3 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#d8a80c  rgb(216, 168, 12)  hsl(46, 89%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0c3cd8  rgb(12, 60, 216)  hsl(226, 89%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0cd8a8  rgb(12, 216, 168)  hsl(166, 89%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a80cd8  rgb(168, 12, 216)  hsl(286, 89%, 45%)  Dark Orchid