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#DCA40E

#dca40e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca40e 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 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 93.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.69°, with 88.03% saturation and 45.88% 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 0.99.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.418

Complementary

  1. #dca40e
  2. #0e46dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca40e
  2. #0eaddc
  3. #3d0edc

Analogous

  1. #dc3d0e
  2. #dca40e
  3. #addc0e

Triadic

  1. #dca40e
  2. #0edca4
  3. #a40edc

Tetradic

  1. #dca40e
  2. #46dc0e
  3. #0e46dc
  4. #a40edc

Square

  1. #dca40e
  2. #0edc3d
  3. #0e46dc
  4. #dc0ead

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3905
  2. #946e09
  3. #dca40e
  4. #f3c343
  5. #f8da8b

Shades

#dca40e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca40e
  2. #c6940d
  3. #b0830b
  4. #9a730a
  5. #846208
  6. #6e5207
  7. #584206
  8. #423104
  9. #2c2103
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca40e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca40e
  2. #e0ad26
  3. #e3b63e
  4. #e7bf56
  5. #eac86e
  6. #eed287
  7. #f1db9f
  8. #f5e4b7
  9. #f8edcf
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca40e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca40e
  2. #d3a019
  3. #ca9d25
  4. #c09930
  5. #b7963c
  6. #ae9247
  7. #a58e52
  8. #9c8b5e
  9. #928769
  10. #898475
  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 #c9b31c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0938c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1ad17 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89a6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca40e {
  color: #dca40e;
}
Background
.bg-dca40e {
  background-color: #dca40e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca40e {
  border: 2px solid #dca40e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca40e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 164 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 88% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca40e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca40e, #addc0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca40e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 164 14 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.99 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.85 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.14 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.51 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.81 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.91 #235bf1 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca40e  rgb(220, 164, 14)  hsl(44, 88%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#0e46dc  rgb(14, 70, 220)  hsl(224, 88%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#0edca4  rgb(14, 220, 164)  hsl(164, 88%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#a40edc  rgb(164, 14, 220)  hsl(284, 88%, 46%)  Dark Orchid