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#DAA42E

#daa42e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daa42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 64.31% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.77% magenta, 78.9% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 41.16°, with 69.92% saturation and 51.76% 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 9.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.45.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4165

Complementary

  1. #daa42e
  2. #2e64da

Split complementary

  1. #daa42e
  2. #2ebada
  3. #4e2eda

Analogous

  1. #da4e2e
  2. #daa42e
  3. #bada2e

Triadic

  1. #daa42e
  2. #2edaa4
  3. #a42eda

Tetradic

  1. #daa42e
  2. #64da2e
  3. #2e64da
  4. #a42eda

Square

  1. #daa42e
  2. #2eda4e
  3. #2e64da
  4. #da2eba

Monochromatic

  1. #5e4611
  2. #9f761c
  3. #daa42e
  4. #e6c06f
  5. #f1ddb0

Shades

#daa42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daa42e
  2. #c49429
  3. #ae8325
  4. #997320
  5. #83621c
  6. #6d5217
  7. #574212
  8. #41310e
  9. #2c2109
  10. #161005
  11. #000000

Tints

#daa42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daa42e
  2. #dead43
  3. #e1b658
  4. #e5bf6d
  5. #e9c882
  6. #edd297
  7. #f0dbab
  8. #f4e4c0
  9. #f8edd5
  10. #fbf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daa42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daa42e
  2. #d1a036
  3. #c89d3e
  4. #bf9947
  5. #b6964f
  6. #ad9257
  7. #a48e5f
  8. #9b8b67
  9. #928770
  10. #898478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1a98c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa516 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b234 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed948d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8a422 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfad32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e69a73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daa42e {
  color: #daa42e;
}
Background
.bg-daa42e {
  background-color: #daa42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daa42e {
  border: 2px solid #daa42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daa42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daa42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa42e, #bada2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daa42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.45 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.43 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.37 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.41 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.09 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.99 #255bd1 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#daa42e  rgb(218, 164, 46)  hsl(41, 70%, 52%)  Goldenrod
#2e64da  rgb(46, 100, 218)  hsl(221, 70%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2edaa4  rgb(46, 218, 164)  hsl(161, 70%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a42eda  rgb(164, 46, 218)  hsl(281, 70%, 52%)  Dark Orchid