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#DCA024

#dca024 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 62.75% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.27% magenta, 83.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 40.43°, with 72.44% saturation and 50.2% 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 9.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.57.

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Relative luminance0.4048

Complementary

  1. #dca024
  2. #2460dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca024
  2. #24bcdc
  3. #4424dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4424
  2. #dca024
  3. #bcdc24

Triadic

  1. #dca024
  2. #24dca0
  3. #a024dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca024
  2. #60dc24
  3. #2460dc
  4. #a024dc

Square

  1. #dca024
  2. #24dc44
  3. #2460dc
  4. #dc24bc

Monochromatic

  1. #59400e
  2. #9b7019
  3. #dca024
  4. #e7bd66
  5. #f1d9a8

Shades

#dca024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca024
  2. #c69020
  3. #b0801d
  4. #9a7019
  5. #846016
  6. #6e5012
  7. #58400e
  8. #42300b
  9. #2c2007
  10. #161004
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca024
  2. #e0aa3a
  3. #e3b350
  4. #e7bd66
  5. #eac67c
  6. #eed092
  7. #f1d9a7
  8. #f5e3bd
  9. #f8ecd3
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca024
  2. #d39d2d
  3. #ca9a36
  4. #c09640
  5. #b79349
  6. #ae9052
  7. #a58d5b
  8. #9c8a64
  9. #92866e
  10. #898377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0a689 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b12b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f08f89 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7a113 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfaa28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8966f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca024 {
  color: #dca024;
}
Background
.bg-dca024 {
  background-color: #dca024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca024 {
  border: 2px solid #dca024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 160 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca024, #bcdc24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 160 36 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.57 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.16 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.18 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.03 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.06 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.25 #235fdb Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca024  rgb(220, 160, 36)  hsl(40, 72%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#2460dc  rgb(36, 96, 220)  hsl(220, 72%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#24dca0  rgb(36, 220, 160)  hsl(160, 72%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a024dc  rgb(160, 36, 220)  hsl(280, 72%, 50%)  Dark Orchid