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#DAAA12

#daaa12 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#daaa12 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 66.67% green and 7.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.02% magenta, 91.74% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 45.6°, with 84.75% saturation and 46.27% 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 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.4.

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Relative luminance0.437

Complementary

  1. #daaa12
  2. #1242da

Split complementary

  1. #daaa12
  2. #12a6da
  3. #4612da

Analogous

  1. #da4612
  2. #daaa12
  3. #a6da12

Triadic

  1. #daaa12
  2. #12daaa
  3. #aa12da

Tetradic

  1. #daaa12
  2. #42da12
  3. #1242da
  4. #aa12da

Square

  1. #daaa12
  2. #12da46
  3. #1242da
  4. #da12a6

Monochromatic

  1. #4d3c06
  2. #93730c
  3. #daaa12
  4. #f0c849
  5. #f6dd8f

Shades

#daaa12 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daaa12
  2. #c49910
  3. #ae880e
  4. #99770d
  5. #83660b
  6. #6d5509
  7. #574407
  8. #413305
  9. #2c2204
  10. #161102
  11. #000000

Tints

#daaa12 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daaa12
  2. #deb32a
  3. #e1bb41
  4. #e5c459
  5. #e9cc71
  6. #edd589
  7. #f0dda0
  8. #f4e6b8
  9. #f8eed0
  10. #fbf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daaa12 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daaa12
  2. #d1a61d
  3. #c8a228
  4. #bf9d33
  5. #b6993e
  6. #ad9549
  7. #a49154
  8. #9b8d5f
  9. #92886a
  10. #898475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3ae8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb621 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed9991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2b11c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6a073 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daaa12 {
  color: #daaa12;
}
Background
.bg-daaa12 {
  background-color: #daaa12;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daaa12 {
  border: 2px solid #daaa12;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daaa12;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 170 18;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 85% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daaa12 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daaa12, #a6da12);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daaa12 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 170 18 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.40 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.43 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.79 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.41 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.71 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.17 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.20 #2555ed Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#daaa12  rgb(218, 170, 18)  hsl(46, 85%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#1242da  rgb(18, 66, 218)  hsl(226, 85%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#12daaa  rgb(18, 218, 170)  hsl(166, 85%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#aa12da  rgb(170, 18, 218)  hsl(286, 85%, 46%)  Dark Orchid