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#DAA228

#daa228 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daa228 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 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.69% magenta, 81.65% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 41.12°, with 70.63% saturation and 50.59% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.63.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.409

Complementary

  1. #daa228
  2. #2860da

Split complementary

  1. #daa228
  2. #28b9da
  3. #4928da

Analogous

  1. #da4928
  2. #daa228
  3. #b9da28

Triadic

  1. #daa228
  2. #28daa2
  3. #a228da

Tetradic

  1. #daa228
  2. #60da28
  3. #2860da
  4. #a228da

Square

  1. #daa228
  2. #28da49
  3. #2860da
  4. #da28b9

Monochromatic

  1. #5a420f
  2. #9b731b
  3. #daa228
  4. #e5be69
  5. #f0daab

Shades

#daa228 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daa228
  2. #c49224
  3. #ae8220
  4. #99711c
  5. #836118
  6. #6d5114
  7. #574110
  8. #41310c
  9. #2c2008
  10. #161004
  11. #000000

Tints

#daa228 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daa228
  2. #deab3e
  3. #e1b553
  4. #e5be69
  5. #e9c77e
  6. #edd194
  7. #f0daa9
  8. #f4e3bf
  9. #f8ecd4
  10. #fbf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daa228 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daa228
  2. #d19f31
  3. #c89b3a
  4. #bf9842
  5. #b6944b
  6. #ad9154
  7. #a48e5d
  8. #9b8a66
  9. #92876e
  10. #898377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0a88a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a307 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b12e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed918b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7a319 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ceab2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e69871 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daa228 {
  color: #daa228;
}
Background
.bg-daa228 {
  background-color: #daa228;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daa228 {
  border: 2px solid #daa228;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daa228;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 162 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 71% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daa228 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa228, #b9da28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daa228 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 162 40 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.63 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.05 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.96 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.99 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.25 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 8.05 #255dd7 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#daa228  rgb(218, 162, 40)  hsl(41, 71%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#2860da  rgb(40, 96, 218)  hsl(221, 71%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#28daa2  rgb(40, 218, 162)  hsl(161, 71%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#a228da  rgb(162, 40, 218)  hsl(281, 71%, 51%)  Dark Orchid