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#DAA31E

#daa31e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daa31e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 63.92% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.23% magenta, 86.24% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 42.45°, with 75.81% saturation and 48.63% 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 9.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.73.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4119

Complementary

  1. #daa31e
  2. #1e55da

Split complementary

  1. #daa31e
  2. #1eb3da
  3. #451eda

Analogous

  1. #da451e
  2. #daa31e
  3. #b3da1e

Triadic

  1. #daa31e
  2. #1edaa3
  3. #a31eda

Tetradic

  1. #daa31e
  2. #55da1e
  3. #1e55da
  4. #a31eda

Square

  1. #daa31e
  2. #1eda45
  3. #1e55da
  4. #da1eb3

Monochromatic

  1. #543e0b
  2. #977115
  3. #daa31e
  4. #e9bf5c
  5. #f2da9f

Shades

#daa31e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daa31e
  2. #c4931b
  3. #ae8218
  4. #997215
  5. #836212
  6. #6d520f
  7. #57410c
  8. #413109
  9. #2c2106
  10. #161003
  11. #000000

Tints

#daa31e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daa31e
  2. #deac35
  3. #e1b54b
  4. #e5bf62
  5. #e9c878
  6. #edd18f
  7. #f0daa5
  8. #f4e3bc
  9. #f8edd2
  10. #fbf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daa31e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daa31e
  2. #d1a028
  3. #c89c32
  4. #bf993b
  5. #b69545
  6. #ad924f
  7. #a48e59
  8. #9b8b63
  9. #92876c
  10. #898476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0a88a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b227 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed928c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7a304 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfac23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e69970 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daa31e {
  color: #daa31e;
}
Background
.bg-daa31e {
  background-color: #daa31e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daa31e {
  border: 2px solid #daa31e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daa31e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 163 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 76% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daa31e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa31e, #b3da1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daa31e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 163 30 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.73 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.62 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.45 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.53 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.19 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 8.42 #255ce1 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#daa31e  rgb(218, 163, 30)  hsl(42, 76%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#1e55da  rgb(30, 85, 218)  hsl(222, 76%, 49%)  Sapphire
#1edaa3  rgb(30, 218, 163)  hsl(162, 76%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a31eda  rgb(163, 30, 218)  hsl(282, 76%, 49%)  Dark Orchid