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#DCA11A

#dca11a ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca11a 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 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.82% magenta, 88.18% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.75°, with 78.86% saturation and 48.24% 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 9.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.82.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4078

Complementary

  1. #dca11a
  2. #1a55dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca11a
  2. #1ab6dc
  3. #401adc

Analogous

  1. #dc401a
  2. #dca11a
  3. #b6dc1a

Triadic

  1. #dca11a
  2. #1adca1
  3. #a11adc

Tetradic

  1. #dca11a
  2. #55dc1a
  3. #1a55dc
  4. #a11adc

Square

  1. #dca11a
  2. #1adc40
  3. #1a55dc
  4. #dc1ab6

Monochromatic

  1. #533d0a
  2. #986f12
  3. #dca11a
  4. #ebbe57
  5. #f3d99c

Shades

#dca11a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca11a
  2. #c69117
  3. #b08115
  4. #9a7112
  5. #846110
  6. #6e510d
  7. #58400a
  8. #423008
  9. #2c2005
  10. #161003
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca11a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca11a
  2. #e0aa31
  3. #e3b448
  4. #e7bd5f
  5. #eac776
  6. #eed08d
  7. #f1d9a3
  8. #f5e3ba
  9. #f8ecd1
  10. #fcf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca11a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca11a
  2. #d39e24
  3. #ca9a2e
  4. #c09739
  5. #b79443
  6. #ae914d
  7. #a58d57
  8. #9c8a61
  9. #92876c
  10. #898376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1a789 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b123 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0908a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8a200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cfab20 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8976e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca11a {
  color: #dca11a;
}
Background
.bg-dca11a {
  background-color: #dca11a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca11a {
  border: 2px solid #dca11a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca11a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 161 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 79% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca11a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca11a, #b6dc1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca11a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 161 26 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.82 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.67 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.76 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.54 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.86 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.58 #235ee5 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca11a  rgb(220, 161, 26)  hsl(42, 79%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#1a55dc  rgb(26, 85, 220)  hsl(222, 79%, 48%)  Sapphire
#1adca1  rgb(26, 220, 161)  hsl(162, 79%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#a11adc  rgb(161, 26, 220)  hsl(282, 79%, 48%)  Dark Orchid