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#DAA40E

#daa40e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#daa40e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 64.31% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.77% magenta, 93.58% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 44.12°, with 87.93% saturation and 45.49% 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 9.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.87.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4149

Complementary

  1. #daa40e
  2. #0e44da

Split complementary

  1. #daa40e
  2. #0eaada
  3. #3e0eda

Analogous

  1. #da3e0e
  2. #daa40e
  3. #aada0e

Triadic

  1. #daa40e
  2. #0edaa4
  3. #a40eda

Tetradic

  1. #daa40e
  2. #44da0e
  3. #0e44da
  4. #a40eda

Square

  1. #daa40e
  2. #0eda3e
  3. #0e44da
  4. #da0eaa

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3805
  2. #926e09
  3. #daa40e
  4. #f3c442
  5. #f7da8a

Shades

#daa40e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daa40e
  2. #c4940d
  3. #ae830b
  4. #99730a
  5. #836208
  6. #6d5207
  7. #574206
  8. #413104
  9. #2c2103
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#daa40e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daa40e
  2. #dead26
  3. #e1b63e
  4. #e5bf56
  5. #e9c86e
  6. #edd287
  7. #f0db9f
  8. #f4e4b7
  9. #f8edcf
  10. #fbf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daa40e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daa40e
  2. #d1a019
  3. #c89d25
  4. #bf9930
  5. #b6963c
  6. #ad9247
  7. #a48e52
  8. #9b8b5e
  9. #928769
  10. #898475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0a989 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b21c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee938c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfad18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e69a6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daa40e {
  color: #daa40e;
}
Background
.bg-daa40e {
  background-color: #daa40e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daa40e {
  border: 2px solid #daa40e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daa40e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 164 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 88% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daa40e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa40e, #aada0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daa40e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 164 14 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.12 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.26 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.36 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.62 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.99 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.19 #255bf1 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#daa40e  rgb(218, 164, 14)  hsl(44, 88%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0e44da  rgb(14, 68, 218)  hsl(224, 88%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0edaa4  rgb(14, 218, 164)  hsl(164, 88%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a40eda  rgb(164, 14, 218)  hsl(284, 88%, 45%)  Dark Orchid