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#DAA027

#daa027 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daa027 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 62.75% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.61% magenta, 82.11% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 40.56°, with 70.75% saturation and 50.39% 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.35.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4019

Complementary

  1. #daa027
  2. #2761da

Split complementary

  1. #daa027
  2. #27bada
  3. #4627da

Analogous

  1. #da4627
  2. #daa027
  3. #bada27

Triadic

  1. #daa027
  2. #27daa0
  3. #a027da

Tetradic

  1. #daa027
  2. #61da27
  3. #2761da
  4. #a027da

Square

  1. #daa027
  2. #27da46
  3. #2761da
  4. #da27ba

Monochromatic

  1. #59410f
  2. #9a711a
  3. #daa027
  4. #e5bd68
  5. #f0d9aa

Shades

#daa027 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daa027
  2. #c49023
  3. #ae801f
  4. #99701b
  5. #836017
  6. #6d5014
  7. #574010
  8. #41300c
  9. #2c2008
  10. #161004
  11. #000000

Tints

#daa027 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daa027
  2. #deaa3d
  3. #e1b352
  4. #e5bd68
  5. #e9c67d
  6. #edd093
  7. #f0d9a9
  8. #f4e3be
  9. #f8ecd4
  10. #fbf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daa027 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daa027
  2. #d19d30
  3. #c89a39
  4. #bf9642
  5. #b6934b
  6. #ad9054
  7. #a48d5c
  8. #9b8a65
  9. #92866e
  10. #898377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfa689 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a106 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b02d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed8f8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6a118 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cdaa2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6966f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daa027 {
  color: #daa027;
}
Background
.bg-daa027 {
  background-color: #daa027;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daa027 {
  border: 2px solid #daa027;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daa027;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 160 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 71% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daa027 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa027, #bada27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daa027 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 160 39 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.35 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.62 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.63 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.03 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.70 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.73 #255fd8 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#daa027  rgb(218, 160, 39)  hsl(41, 71%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#2761da  rgb(39, 97, 218)  hsl(221, 71%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#27daa0  rgb(39, 218, 160)  hsl(161, 71%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a027da  rgb(160, 39, 218)  hsl(281, 71%, 50%)  Dark Orchid