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#DCA027

#dca027 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca027 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 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.27% magenta, 82.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 40.11°, with 72.11% saturation and 50.78% 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 2.74.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.405

Complementary

  1. #dca027
  2. #2763dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca027
  2. #27bddc
  3. #4527dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4527
  2. #dca027
  3. #bddc27

Triadic

  1. #dca027
  2. #27dca0
  3. #a027dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca027
  2. #63dc27
  3. #2763dc
  4. #a027dc

Square

  1. #dca027
  2. #27dc45
  3. #2763dc
  4. #dc27bd

Monochromatic

  1. #5b420f
  2. #9d7119
  3. #dca027
  4. #e7bd69
  5. #f1daab

Shades

#dca027 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca027
  2. #c69023
  3. #b0801f
  4. #9a701b
  5. #846017
  6. #6e5014
  7. #584010
  8. #42300c
  9. #2c2008
  10. #161004
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca027 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca027
  2. #e0aa3d
  3. #e3b352
  4. #e7bd68
  5. #eac67d
  6. #eed093
  7. #f1d9a9
  8. #f5e3be
  9. #f8ecd4
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca027 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca027
  2. #d39d30
  3. #ca9a39
  4. #c09642
  5. #b7934b
  6. #ae9054
  7. #a58d5c
  8. #9c8a65
  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 #b7a205 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5b12d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f08f8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7a118 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfaa2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8966f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca027 {
  color: #dca027;
}
Background
.bg-dca027 {
  background-color: #dca027;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca027 {
  border: 2px solid #dca027;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca027;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 160 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca027 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca027, #bddc27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca027 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 160 39 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.74 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.10 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.13 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.78 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.14 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.22 #235fd8 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca027  rgb(220, 160, 39)  hsl(40, 72%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#2763dc  rgb(39, 99, 220)  hsl(220, 72%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#27dca0  rgb(39, 220, 160)  hsl(160, 72%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#a027dc  rgb(160, 39, 220)  hsl(280, 72%, 51%)  Dark Orchid