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#DBA40E

#dba40e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dba40e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 64.31% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.11% magenta, 93.61% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 43.9°, with 87.98% saturation and 45.69% 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 9.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.89.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4164

Complementary

  1. #dba40e
  2. #0e45db

Split complementary

  1. #dba40e
  2. #0eacdb
  3. #3d0edb

Analogous

  1. #db3d0e
  2. #dba40e
  3. #acdb0e

Triadic

  1. #dba40e
  2. #0edba4
  3. #a40edb

Tetradic

  1. #dba40e
  2. #45db0e
  3. #0e45db
  4. #a40edb

Square

  1. #dba40e
  2. #0edb3d
  3. #0e45db
  4. #db0eac

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3805
  2. #936e09
  3. #dba40e
  4. #f3c443
  5. #f8da8a

Shades

#dba40e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dba40e
  2. #c5940d
  3. #af830b
  4. #99730a
  5. #836208
  6. #6e5207
  7. #584206
  8. #423104
  9. #2c2103
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#dba40e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dba40e
  2. #dfad26
  3. #e2b63e
  4. #e6bf56
  5. #e9c86e
  6. #edd287
  7. #f1db9f
  8. #f4e4b7
  9. #f8edcf
  10. #fbf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dba40e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dba40e
  2. #d2a019
  3. #c99d25
  4. #c09930
  5. #b7963c
  6. #ae9247
  7. #a48e52
  8. #9b8b5e
  9. #928769
  10. #898475
  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 #c1a989 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b31c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef938c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ad18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e79a6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dba40e {
  color: #dba40e;
}
Background
.bg-dba40e {
  background-color: #dba40e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dba40e {
  border: 2px solid #dba40e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dba40e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 164 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 88% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dba40e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dba40e, #acdb0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dba40e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 164 14 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.89 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.31 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.31 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.38 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.90 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.05 #245bf1 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dba40e  rgb(219, 164, 14)  hsl(44, 88%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#0e45db  rgb(14, 69, 219)  hsl(224, 88%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#0edba4  rgb(14, 219, 164)  hsl(164, 88%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#a40edb  rgb(164, 14, 219)  hsl(284, 88%, 46%)  Dark Orchid