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#DAD65A

#dad65a ≈ Straw

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dad65a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 83.92% green and 35.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.83% magenta, 58.72% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 58.13°, with 63.37% saturation and 60.39% 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 13.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Straw (#e4d96f), ΔE 2.95.

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Web safe#cccc66
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Relative luminance0.6374

Complementary

  1. #dad65a
  2. #5a5eda

Split complementary

  1. #dad65a
  2. #5a9eda
  3. #965ada

Analogous

  1. #da965a
  2. #dad65a
  3. #9eda5a

Triadic

  1. #dad65a
  2. #5adad6
  3. #d65ada

Tetradic

  1. #dad65a
  2. #5eda5a
  3. #5a5eda
  4. #d65ada

Square

  1. #dad65a
  2. #5ada96
  3. #5a5eda
  4. #da5a9e

Monochromatic

  1. #7f7c1c
  2. #bdb92a
  3. #dad65a
  4. #e8e698
  5. #f6f5d7

Shades

#dad65a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dad65a
  2. #c4c151
  3. #aeab48
  4. #99963f
  5. #838036
  6. #6d6b2d
  7. #575624
  8. #41401b
  9. #2c2b12
  10. #161509
  11. #000000

Tints

#dad65a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dad65a
  2. #deda6b
  3. #e1de7b
  4. #e5e28c
  5. #e9e69c
  6. #edebad
  7. #f0efbd
  8. #f4f3ce
  9. #f8f7de
  10. #fbfbef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dad65a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dad65a
  2. #d1cd5e
  3. #c8c562
  4. #bfbc65
  5. #b6b469
  6. #adab6d
  7. #a4a271
  8. #9b9a75
  9. #929178
  10. #89897c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d5d3ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6ce4c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9d361 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e8c9bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e1d152 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e3d45e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3cf9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dad65a {
  color: #dad65a;
}
Background
.bg-dad65a {
  background-color: #dad65a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dad65a {
  border: 2px solid #dad65a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dad65a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 214 90;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 63% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dad65a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dad65a, #9eda5a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dad65a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 214 90 / 0.35);
}

#e4d96f Straw ΔE 2.95 #d1e231 Pear ΔE 5.98 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 6.17 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.19 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 6.36 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.57 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.68 #2529a5 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Straw
#dad65a  rgb(218, 214, 90)  hsl(58, 63%, 60%)  Straw
#5a5eda  rgb(90, 94, 218)  hsl(238, 63%, 60%)  Slate Blue
#5adad6  rgb(90, 218, 214)  hsl(178, 63%, 60%)  Medium Turquoise
#d65ada  rgb(214, 90, 218)  hsl(298, 63%, 60%)  Orchid