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#DCA404

#dca404 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca404 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 64.31% green and 1.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 98.18% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 44.44°, with 96.43% saturation and 43.92% 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 9.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.21.

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Relative luminance0.4178

Complementary

  1. #dca404
  2. #043cdc

Split complementary

  1. #dca404
  2. #04a8dc
  3. #3804dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3804
  2. #dca404
  3. #a8dc04

Triadic

  1. #dca404
  2. #04dca4
  3. #a404dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca404
  2. #3cdc04
  3. #043cdc
  4. #a404dc

Square

  1. #dca404
  2. #04dc38
  3. #043cdc
  4. #dc04a8

Monochromatic

  1. #463401
  2. #916c03
  3. #dca404
  4. #fbc731
  5. #fddb7c

Shades

#dca404 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca404
  2. #c69404
  3. #b08303
  4. #9a7303
  5. #846202
  6. #6e5202
  7. #584202
  8. #423101
  9. #2c2101
  10. #161000
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca404 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca404
  2. #e0ad1d
  3. #e3b636
  4. #e7bf4f
  5. #eac868
  6. #eed282
  7. #f1db9b
  8. #f5e4b4
  9. #f8edcd
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca404 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca404
  2. #d3a010
  3. #ca9d1d
  4. #c09929
  5. #b79636
  6. #ae9242
  7. #a58e4e
  8. #9c8b5b
  9. #928767
  10. #898474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2a989 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b317 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0938c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1ad11 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89a6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca404 {
  color: #dca404;
}
Background
.bg-dca404 {
  background-color: #dca404;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca404 {
  border: 2px solid #dca404;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca404;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 164 4;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 96% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca404 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca404, #a8dc04);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca404 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 164 4 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.21 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.05 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.32 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.54 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.74 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 8.19 #235bfb Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca404  rgb(220, 164, 4)  hsl(44, 96%, 44%)  Goldenrod
#043cdc  rgb(4, 60, 220)  hsl(224, 96%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#04dca4  rgb(4, 220, 164)  hsl(164, 96%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#a404dc  rgb(164, 4, 220)  hsl(284, 96%, 44%)  Dark Violet