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#DCA324

#dca324 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca324 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 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.91% magenta, 83.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.41°, with 72.44% saturation and 50.2% 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 9.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.4.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4154

Complementary

  1. #dca324
  2. #245ddc

Split complementary

  1. #dca324
  2. #24b9dc
  3. #4724dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4724
  2. #dca324
  3. #b9dc24

Triadic

  1. #dca324
  2. #24dca3
  3. #a324dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca324
  2. #5ddc24
  3. #245ddc
  4. #a324dc

Square

  1. #dca324
  2. #24dc47
  3. #245ddc
  4. #dc24b9

Monochromatic

  1. #59420e
  2. #9b7219
  3. #dca324
  4. #e7bf66
  5. #f1daa8

Shades

#dca324 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca324
  2. #c69320
  3. #b0821d
  4. #9a7219
  5. #846216
  6. #6e5212
  7. #58410e
  8. #42310b
  9. #2c2107
  10. #161004
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca324 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca324
  2. #e0ac3a
  3. #e3b550
  4. #e7bf66
  5. #eac87c
  6. #eed192
  7. #f1daa7
  8. #f5e3bd
  9. #f8edd3
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca324 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca324
  2. #d3a02d
  3. #ca9c36
  4. #c09940
  5. #b79549
  6. #ae9252
  7. #a58e5b
  8. #9c8b64
  9. #92876e
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1a98b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b22b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0928c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8a412 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ac28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89971 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca324 {
  color: #dca324;
}
Background
.bg-dca324 {
  background-color: #dca324;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca324 {
  border: 2px solid #dca324;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca324;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 163 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca324 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca324, #b9dc24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca324 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 163 36 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.40 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.88 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.95 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.47 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.81 #235cdb Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca324  rgb(220, 163, 36)  hsl(41, 72%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#245ddc  rgb(36, 93, 220)  hsl(221, 72%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#24dca3  rgb(36, 220, 163)  hsl(161, 72%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a324dc  rgb(163, 36, 220)  hsl(281, 72%, 50%)  Dark Orchid