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#DCA40C

#dca40c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca40c 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 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 94.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.85°, with 89.66% saturation and 45.49% 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 1.03.

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Relative luminance0.4179

Complementary

  1. #dca40c
  2. #0c44dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca40c
  2. #0cacdc
  3. #3c0cdc

Analogous

  1. #dc3c0c
  2. #dca40c
  3. #acdc0c

Triadic

  1. #dca40c
  2. #0cdca4
  3. #a40cdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca40c
  2. #44dc0c
  3. #0c44dc
  4. #a40cdc

Square

  1. #dca40c
  2. #0cdc3c
  3. #0c44dc
  4. #dc0cac

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3804
  2. #936e08
  3. #dca40c
  4. #f5c440
  5. #f9da88

Shades

#dca40c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca40c
  2. #c6940b
  3. #b0830a
  4. #9a7308
  5. #846207
  6. #6e5206
  7. #584205
  8. #423104
  9. #2c2102
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca40c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca40c
  2. #e0ad24
  3. #e3b63d
  4. #e7bf55
  5. #eac86d
  6. #eed286
  7. #f1db9e
  8. #f5e4b6
  9. #f8edce
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca40c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca40c
  2. #d3a018
  3. #ca9d23
  4. #c0992f
  5. #b7963a
  6. #ae9246
  7. #a58e52
  8. #9c8b5d
  9. #928769
  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 #c2a98a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b31b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0938c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1ad16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89a6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca40c {
  color: #dca40c;
}
Background
.bg-dca40c {
  background-color: #dca40c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca40c {
  border: 2px solid #dca40c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca40c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 164 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca40c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca40c, #acdc0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca40c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 164 12 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.03 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.89 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.18 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.52 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.79 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.98 #235bf3 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca40c  rgb(220, 164, 12)  hsl(44, 90%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0c44dc  rgb(12, 68, 220)  hsl(224, 90%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0cdca4  rgb(12, 220, 164)  hsl(164, 90%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a40cdc  rgb(164, 12, 220)  hsl(284, 90%, 45%)  Dark Orchid