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#DAA012

#daa012 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#daa012 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 62.75% green and 7.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.61% magenta, 91.74% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 42.6°, with 84.75% saturation and 46.27% 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 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.73.

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Relative luminance0.4009

Complementary

  1. #daa012
  2. #124cda

Split complementary

  1. #daa012
  2. #12b0da
  3. #3c12da

Analogous

  1. #da3c12
  2. #daa012
  3. #b0da12

Triadic

  1. #daa012
  2. #12daa0
  3. #a012da

Tetradic

  1. #daa012
  2. #4cda12
  3. #124cda
  4. #a012da

Square

  1. #daa012
  2. #12da3c
  3. #124cda
  4. #da12b0

Monochromatic

  1. #4d3806
  2. #936c0c
  3. #daa012
  4. #f0bf49
  5. #f6d88f

Shades

#daa012 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daa012
  2. #c49010
  3. #ae800e
  4. #99700d
  5. #83600b
  6. #6d5009
  7. #574007
  8. #413005
  9. #2c2004
  10. #161002
  11. #000000

Tints

#daa012 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daa012
  2. #deaa2a
  3. #e1b341
  4. #e5bd59
  5. #e9c671
  6. #edd089
  7. #f0d9a0
  8. #f4e3b8
  9. #f8ecd0
  10. #fbf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daa012 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daa012
  2. #d19d1d
  3. #c89a28
  4. #bf9633
  5. #b6933e
  6. #ad9049
  7. #a48d54
  8. #9b8a5f
  9. #92866a
  10. #898375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfa687 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b01e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee8f89 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6a100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceaa19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6966c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daa012 {
  color: #daa012;
}
Background
.bg-daa012 {
  background-color: #daa012;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daa012 {
  border: 2px solid #daa012;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daa012;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 160 18;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 85% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daa012 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa012, #b0da12);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daa012 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 160 18 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.73 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.11 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.20 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.44 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.49 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.39 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 8.05 #255fed Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#daa012  rgb(218, 160, 18)  hsl(43, 85%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#124cda  rgb(18, 76, 218)  hsl(223, 85%, 46%)  Sapphire
#12daa0  rgb(18, 218, 160)  hsl(163, 85%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#a012da  rgb(160, 18, 218)  hsl(283, 85%, 46%)  Dark Violet