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#DCA31F

#dca31f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca31f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 63.92% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.91% magenta, 85.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.9°, with 75.3% saturation and 49.22% 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 9.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.19.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4151

Complementary

  1. #dca31f
  2. #1f58dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca31f
  2. #1fb7dc
  3. #441fdc

Analogous

  1. #dc441f
  2. #dca31f
  3. #b7dc1f

Triadic

  1. #dca31f
  2. #1fdca3
  3. #a31fdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca31f
  2. #58dc1f
  3. #1f58dc
  4. #a31fdc

Square

  1. #dca31f
  2. #1fdc44
  3. #1f58dc
  4. #dc1fb7

Monochromatic

  1. #56400c
  2. #997116
  3. #dca31f
  4. #e8bf5f
  5. #f2daa2

Shades

#dca31f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca31f
  2. #c6931c
  3. #b08219
  4. #9a7216
  5. #846213
  6. #6e5210
  7. #58410c
  8. #423109
  9. #2c2106
  10. #161003
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca31f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca31f
  2. #e0ac35
  3. #e3b54c
  4. #e7bf62
  5. #eac879
  6. #eed18f
  7. #f1daa5
  8. #f5e3bc
  9. #f8edd2
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca31f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca31f
  2. #d3a029
  3. #ca9c32
  4. #c0993c
  5. #b79546
  6. #ae9250
  7. #a58e59
  8. #9c8b63
  9. #92876d
  10. #898476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1a98a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b227 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0928c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a406 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ac24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89970 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca31f {
  color: #dca31f;
}
Background
.bg-dca31f {
  background-color: #dca31f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca31f {
  border: 2px solid #dca31f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca31f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 163 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca31f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca31f, #b7dc1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca31f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 163 31 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.19 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.05 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.35 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.88 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.84 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.90 #235ce0 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca31f  rgb(220, 163, 31)  hsl(42, 75%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#1f58dc  rgb(31, 88, 220)  hsl(222, 75%, 49%)  Sapphire
#1fdca3  rgb(31, 220, 163)  hsl(162, 75%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a31fdc  rgb(163, 31, 220)  hsl(282, 75%, 49%)  Dark Orchid