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#DAA522

#daa522 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daa522 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 64.71% green and 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 84.4% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 42.72°, with 73.02% saturation and 49.41% 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 9.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.15.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4193

Complementary

  1. #daa522
  2. #2257da

Split complementary

  1. #daa522
  2. #22b3da
  3. #4922da

Analogous

  1. #da4922
  2. #daa522
  3. #b3da22

Triadic

  1. #daa522
  2. #22daa5
  3. #a522da

Tetradic

  1. #daa522
  2. #57da22
  3. #2257da
  4. #a522da

Square

  1. #daa522
  2. #22da49
  3. #2257da
  4. #da22b3

Monochromatic

  1. #56410d
  2. #987318
  3. #daa522
  4. #e7c062
  5. #f1dba4

Shades

#daa522 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daa522
  2. #c4951f
  3. #ae841b
  4. #997418
  5. #836314
  6. #6d5311
  7. #57420e
  8. #41320a
  9. #2c2107
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#daa522 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daa522
  2. #deae38
  3. #e1b74e
  4. #e5c064
  5. #e9c97a
  6. #edd291
  7. #f0dba7
  8. #f4e4bd
  9. #f8edd3
  10. #fbf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daa522 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daa522
  2. #d1a12b
  3. #c89e35
  4. #bf9a3e
  5. #b69648
  6. #ad9351
  7. #a48f5a
  8. #9b8b64
  9. #92876d
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1aa8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b32a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed948d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8a50d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfae27 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e69b72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daa522 {
  color: #daa522;
}
Background
.bg-daa522 {
  background-color: #daa522;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daa522 {
  border: 2px solid #daa522;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daa522;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 165 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 73% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daa522 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa522, #b3da22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daa522 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 165 34 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.77 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.90 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.09 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.49 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.31 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.11 #255add Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#daa522  rgb(218, 165, 34)  hsl(43, 73%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#2257da  rgb(34, 87, 218)  hsl(223, 73%, 49%)  Sapphire
#22daa5  rgb(34, 218, 165)  hsl(163, 73%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a522da  rgb(165, 34, 218)  hsl(283, 73%, 49%)  Dark Orchid