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#DCA10E

#dca10e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca10e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 63.14% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.82% magenta, 93.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.82°, with 88.03% saturation and 45.88% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.73.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4074

Complementary

  1. #dca10e
  2. #0e49dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca10e
  2. #0eb0dc
  3. #3a0edc

Analogous

  1. #dc3a0e
  2. #dca10e
  3. #b0dc0e

Triadic

  1. #dca10e
  2. #0edca1
  3. #a10edc

Tetradic

  1. #dca10e
  2. #49dc0e
  3. #0e49dc
  4. #a10edc

Square

  1. #dca10e
  2. #0edc3a
  3. #0e49dc
  4. #dc0eb0

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3805
  2. #946c09
  3. #dca10e
  4. #f3c143
  5. #f8d98b

Shades

#dca10e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca10e
  2. #c6910d
  3. #b0810b
  4. #9a710a
  5. #846108
  6. #6e5107
  7. #584006
  8. #423004
  9. #2c2003
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca10e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca10e
  2. #e0aa26
  3. #e3b43e
  4. #e7bd56
  5. #eac76e
  6. #eed087
  7. #f1d99f
  8. #f5e3b7
  9. #f8eccf
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca10e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca10e
  2. #d39e19
  3. #ca9a25
  4. #c09730
  5. #b7943c
  6. #ae9147
  7. #a58d52
  8. #9c8a5e
  9. #928769
  10. #898375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1a788 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b11b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f08f89 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8a200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ab17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8976d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca10e {
  color: #dca10e;
}
Background
.bg-dca10e {
  background-color: #dca10e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca10e {
  border: 2px solid #dca10e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca10e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 161 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 88% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca10e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca10e, #b0dc0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca10e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 161 14 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.73 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.01 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.05 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.48 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.45 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.76 #235ef1 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca10e  rgb(220, 161, 14)  hsl(43, 88%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#0e49dc  rgb(14, 73, 220)  hsl(223, 88%, 46%)  Sapphire
#0edca1  rgb(14, 220, 161)  hsl(163, 88%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#a10edc  rgb(161, 14, 220)  hsl(283, 88%, 46%)  Dark Violet