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#DCA41C

#dca41c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca41c 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 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 87.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.5°, with 77.42% saturation and 48.63% 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 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.78.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4185

Complementary

  1. #dca41c
  2. #1c54dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca41c
  2. #1cb4dc
  3. #441cdc

Analogous

  1. #dc441c
  2. #dca41c
  3. #b4dc1c

Triadic

  1. #dca41c
  2. #1cdca4
  3. #a41cdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca41c
  2. #54dc1c
  3. #1c54dc
  4. #a41cdc

Square

  1. #dca41c
  2. #1cdc44
  3. #1c54dc
  4. #dc1cb4

Monochromatic

  1. #543f0b
  2. #987113
  3. #dca41c
  4. #eac05a
  5. #f3da9e

Shades

#dca41c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca41c
  2. #c69419
  3. #b08316
  4. #9a7314
  5. #846211
  6. #6e520e
  7. #58420b
  8. #423108
  9. #2c2106
  10. #161003
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca41c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca41c
  2. #e0ad33
  3. #e3b649
  4. #e7bf60
  5. #eac877
  6. #eed28e
  7. #f1dba4
  8. #f5e4bb
  9. #f8edd2
  10. #fcf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca41c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca41c
  2. #d3a026
  3. #ca9d30
  4. #c0993a
  5. #b79644
  6. #ae924e
  7. #a58e58
  8. #9c8b62
  9. #92876c
  10. #898476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2aa8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b325 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0938c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ad22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89a70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca41c {
  color: #dca41c;
}
Background
.bg-dca41c {
  background-color: #dca41c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca41c {
  border: 2px solid #dca41c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca41c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 164 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 77% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca41c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca41c, #b4dc1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca41c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 164 28 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.78 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.44 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.80 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.51 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.22 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 8.02 #235be3 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca41c  rgb(220, 164, 28)  hsl(43, 77%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#1c54dc  rgb(28, 84, 220)  hsl(223, 77%, 49%)  Sapphire
#1cdca4  rgb(28, 220, 164)  hsl(163, 77%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a41cdc  rgb(164, 28, 220)  hsl(283, 77%, 49%)  Dark Orchid