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#DCA00C

#dca00c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca00c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 62.75% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.27% magenta, 94.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.69°, with 89.66% saturation and 45.49% 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 9.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.06.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4038

Complementary

  1. #dca00c
  2. #0c48dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca00c
  2. #0cb0dc
  3. #380cdc

Analogous

  1. #dc380c
  2. #dca00c
  3. #b0dc0c

Triadic

  1. #dca00c
  2. #0cdca0
  3. #a00cdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca00c
  2. #48dc0c
  3. #0c48dc
  4. #a00cdc

Square

  1. #dca00c
  2. #0cdc38
  3. #0c48dc
  4. #dc0cb0

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3604
  2. #936b08
  3. #dca00c
  4. #f5c040
  5. #f9d888

Shades

#dca00c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca00c
  2. #c6900b
  3. #b0800a
  4. #9a7008
  5. #846007
  6. #6e5006
  7. #584005
  8. #423004
  9. #2c2002
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca00c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca00c
  2. #e0aa24
  3. #e3b33d
  4. #e7bd55
  5. #eac66d
  6. #eed086
  7. #f1d99e
  8. #f5e3b6
  9. #f8ecce
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca00c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca00c
  2. #d39d18
  3. #ca9a23
  4. #c0962f
  5. #b7933a
  6. #ae9046
  7. #a58d52
  8. #9c8a5d
  9. #928669
  10. #898374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0a687 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b11a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f08e88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7a100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfaa15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8966c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca00c {
  color: #dca00c;
}
Background
.bg-dca00c {
  background-color: #dca00c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca00c {
  border: 2px solid #dca00c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca00c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 160 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca00c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca00c, #b0dc0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca00c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 160 12 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.06 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.74 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.82 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.81 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.39 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.60 #235ff3 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca00c  rgb(220, 160, 12)  hsl(43, 90%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0c48dc  rgb(12, 72, 220)  hsl(223, 90%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0cdca0  rgb(12, 220, 160)  hsl(163, 90%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a00cdc  rgb(160, 12, 220)  hsl(283, 90%, 45%)  Dark Violet