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#DCA019

#dca019 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca019 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 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.27% magenta, 88.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.54°, with 79.59% saturation and 48.04% 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 9.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.18.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4043

Complementary

  1. #dca019
  2. #1955dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca019
  2. #19b6dc
  3. #3f19dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3f19
  2. #dca019
  3. #b6dc19

Triadic

  1. #dca019
  2. #19dca0
  3. #a019dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca019
  2. #55dc19
  3. #1955dc
  4. #a019dc

Square

  1. #dca019
  2. #19dc3f
  3. #1955dc
  4. #dc19b6

Monochromatic

  1. #533c09
  2. #976e11
  3. #dca019
  4. #ecbe56
  5. #f4d89a

Shades

#dca019 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca019
  2. #c69017
  3. #b08014
  4. #9a7012
  5. #84600f
  6. #6e500d
  7. #58400a
  8. #423008
  9. #2c2005
  10. #161003
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca019 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca019
  2. #e0aa30
  3. #e3b347
  4. #e7bd5e
  5. #eac675
  6. #eed08c
  7. #f1d9a3
  8. #f5e3ba
  9. #f8ecd1
  10. #fcf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca019 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca019
  2. #d39d23
  3. #ca9a2e
  4. #c09638
  5. #b79342
  6. #ae904d
  7. #a58d57
  8. #9c8a61
  9. #92866b
  10. #898376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0a688 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b122 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f08e89 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7a100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfaa1f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8966d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca019 {
  color: #dca019;
}
Background
.bg-dca019 {
  background-color: #dca019;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca019 {
  border: 2px solid #dca019;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca019;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 160 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 80% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca019 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca019, #b6dc19);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca019 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 160 25 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.18 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.43 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.69 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.79 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.88 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.41 #235fe6 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca019  rgb(220, 160, 25)  hsl(42, 80%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#1955dc  rgb(25, 85, 220)  hsl(222, 80%, 48%)  Sapphire
#19dca0  rgb(25, 220, 160)  hsl(162, 80%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#a019dc  rgb(160, 25, 220)  hsl(282, 80%, 48%)  Dark Orchid