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#DAA221

#daa221 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daa221 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 63.53% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.69% magenta, 84.86% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 41.84°, with 73.71% saturation and 49.22% 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 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.23.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4086

Complementary

  1. #daa221
  2. #2159da

Split complementary

  1. #daa221
  2. #21b6da
  3. #4621da

Analogous

  1. #da4621
  2. #daa221
  3. #b6da21

Triadic

  1. #daa221
  2. #21daa2
  3. #a221da

Tetradic

  1. #daa221
  2. #59da21
  3. #2159da
  4. #a221da

Square

  1. #daa221
  2. #21da46
  3. #2159da
  4. #da21b6

Monochromatic

  1. #553f0d
  2. #987117
  3. #daa221
  4. #e7be61
  5. #f1d9a3

Shades

#daa221 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daa221
  2. #c4921e
  3. #ae821a
  4. #997117
  5. #836114
  6. #6d5111
  7. #57410d
  8. #41310a
  9. #2c2007
  10. #161003
  11. #000000

Tints

#daa221 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daa221
  2. #deab37
  3. #e1b54d
  4. #e5be64
  5. #e9c77a
  6. #edd190
  7. #f0daa6
  8. #f4e3bc
  9. #f8ecd3
  10. #fbf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daa221 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daa221
  2. #d19f2b
  3. #c89b34
  4. #bf983e
  5. #b69447
  6. #ad9151
  7. #a48e5a
  8. #9b8a64
  9. #92876d
  10. #898377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0a889 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b129 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed918b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7a30c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceab26 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e69870 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daa221 {
  color: #daa221;
}
Background
.bg-daa221 {
  background-color: #daa221;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daa221 {
  border: 2px solid #daa221;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daa221;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 162 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 74% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daa221 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa221, #b6da21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daa221 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 162 33 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.23 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.25 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.43 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.83 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.89 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.81 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 8.19 #255dde Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#daa221  rgb(218, 162, 33)  hsl(42, 74%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#2159da  rgb(33, 89, 218)  hsl(222, 74%, 49%)  Sapphire
#21daa2  rgb(33, 218, 162)  hsl(162, 74%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a221da  rgb(162, 33, 218)  hsl(282, 74%, 49%)  Dark Orchid