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#DCA311

#dca311 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca311 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 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.91% magenta, 92.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.15°, with 85.65% saturation and 46.47% 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 1.12.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4145

Complementary

  1. #dca311
  2. #114adc

Split complementary

  1. #dca311
  2. #11b0dc
  3. #3d11dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3d11
  2. #dca311
  3. #b0dc11

Triadic

  1. #dca311
  2. #11dca3
  3. #a311dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca311
  2. #4adc11
  3. #114adc
  4. #a311dc

Square

  1. #dca311
  2. #11dc3d
  3. #114adc
  4. #dc11b0

Monochromatic

  1. #4e3a06
  2. #956e0c
  3. #dca311
  4. #f1c249
  5. #f6da90

Shades

#dca311 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca311
  2. #c6930f
  3. #b0820e
  4. #9a720c
  5. #84620a
  6. #6e5209
  7. #584107
  8. #423105
  9. #2c2103
  10. #161002
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca311 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca311
  2. #e0ac29
  3. #e3b541
  4. #e7bf58
  5. #eac870
  6. #eed188
  7. #f1daa0
  8. #f5e3b8
  9. #f8edcf
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca311 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca311
  2. #d3a01c
  3. #ca9c27
  4. #c09932
  5. #b7953d
  6. #ae9249
  7. #a58e54
  8. #9c8b5f
  9. #92876a
  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 #c8b21e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0928b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ac19 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8996e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca311 {
  color: #dca311;
}
Background
.bg-dca311 {
  background-color: #dca311;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca311 {
  border: 2px solid #dca311;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca311;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 163 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 86% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca311 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca311, #b0dc11);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca311 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 163 17 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.12 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.48 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.71 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.67 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.82 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.63 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 8.05 #235cee Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca311  rgb(220, 163, 17)  hsl(43, 86%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#114adc  rgb(17, 74, 220)  hsl(223, 86%, 46%)  Sapphire
#11dca3  rgb(17, 220, 163)  hsl(163, 86%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#a311dc  rgb(163, 17, 220)  hsl(283, 86%, 46%)  Dark Orchid