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#DCA309

#dca309 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca309 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 63.92% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.91% magenta, 95.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.79°, with 92.14% saturation and 44.9% 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 9.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.23.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4143

Complementary

  1. #dca309
  2. #0942dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca309
  2. #09abdc
  3. #3909dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3909
  2. #dca309
  3. #abdc09

Triadic

  1. #dca309
  2. #09dca3
  3. #a309dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca309
  2. #42dc09
  3. #0942dc
  4. #a309dc

Square

  1. #dca309
  2. #09dc39
  3. #0942dc
  4. #dc09ab

Monochromatic

  1. #493603
  2. #926d06
  3. #dca309
  4. #f7c43b
  5. #fada84

Shades

#dca309 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca309
  2. #c69308
  3. #b08207
  4. #9a7206
  5. #846205
  6. #6e5205
  7. #584104
  8. #423103
  9. #2c2102
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca309 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca309
  2. #e0ac22
  3. #e3b53a
  4. #e7bf53
  5. #eac86b
  6. #eed184
  7. #f1da9d
  8. #f5e3b5
  9. #f8edce
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca309 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca309
  2. #d3a015
  3. #ca9c21
  4. #c0992d
  5. #b79539
  6. #ae9245
  7. #a58e50
  8. #9c8b5c
  9. #928768
  10. #898474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1a989 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b219 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0918b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ac14 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8996e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca309 {
  color: #dca309;
}
Background
.bg-dca309 {
  background-color: #dca309;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca309 {
  border: 2px solid #dca309;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca309;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 163 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 92% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca309 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca309, #abdc09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca309 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 163 9 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.23 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.66 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.87 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.83 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.91 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.98 #235cf6 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca309  rgb(220, 163, 9)  hsl(44, 92%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0942dc  rgb(9, 66, 220)  hsl(224, 92%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#09dca3  rgb(9, 220, 163)  hsl(164, 92%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a309dc  rgb(163, 9, 220)  hsl(284, 92%, 45%)  Dark Violet