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#DCA30E

#dca30e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca30e 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 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.91% magenta, 93.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.4°, 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 9.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.16.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4144

Complementary

  1. #dca30e
  2. #0e47dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca30e
  2. #0eaedc
  3. #3c0edc

Analogous

  1. #dc3c0e
  2. #dca30e
  3. #aedc0e

Triadic

  1. #dca30e
  2. #0edca3
  3. #a30edc

Tetradic

  1. #dca30e
  2. #47dc0e
  3. #0e47dc
  4. #a30edc

Square

  1. #dca30e
  2. #0edc3c
  3. #0e47dc
  4. #dc0eae

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3805
  2. #946e09
  3. #dca30e
  4. #f3c243
  5. #f8da8b

Shades

#dca30e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca30e
  2. #c6930d
  3. #b0820b
  4. #9a720a
  5. #846208
  6. #6e5207
  7. #584106
  8. #423104
  9. #2c2103
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca30e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca30e
  2. #e0ac26
  3. #e3b53e
  4. #e7bf56
  5. #eac86e
  6. #eed187
  7. #f1da9f
  8. #f5e3b7
  9. #f8edcf
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca30e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca30e
  2. #d3a019
  3. #ca9c25
  4. #c09930
  5. #b7953c
  6. #ae9247
  7. #a58e52
  8. #9c8b5e
  9. #928769
  10. #898475
  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 #c8b21c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0928b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ac17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8996e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca30e {
  color: #dca30e;
}
Background
.bg-dca30e {
  background-color: #dca30e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca30e {
  border: 2px solid #dca30e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca30e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 163 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 88% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca30e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca30e, #aedc0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca30e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 163 14 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.16 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.55 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.78 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.68 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.83 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.74 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 8.02 #235cf1 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca30e  rgb(220, 163, 14)  hsl(43, 88%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#0e47dc  rgb(14, 71, 220)  hsl(223, 88%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#0edca3  rgb(14, 220, 163)  hsl(163, 88%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#a30edc  rgb(163, 14, 220)  hsl(283, 88%, 46%)  Dark Orchid