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#DCA41F

#dca41f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca41f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 64.31% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 85.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.22°, with 75.3% saturation and 49.22% 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 0.83.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4187

Complementary

  1. #dca41f
  2. #1f57dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca41f
  2. #1fb6dc
  3. #451fdc

Analogous

  1. #dc451f
  2. #dca41f
  3. #b6dc1f

Triadic

  1. #dca41f
  2. #1fdca4
  3. #a41fdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca41f
  2. #57dc1f
  3. #1f57dc
  4. #a41fdc

Square

  1. #dca41f
  2. #1fdc45
  3. #1f57dc
  4. #dc1fb6

Monochromatic

  1. #56400c
  2. #997216
  3. #dca41f
  4. #e8c05f
  5. #f2daa2

Shades

#dca41f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca41f
  2. #c6941c
  3. #b08319
  4. #9a7316
  5. #846213
  6. #6e5210
  7. #58420c
  8. #423109
  9. #2c2106
  10. #161003
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca41f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca41f
  2. #e0ad35
  3. #e3b64c
  4. #e7bf62
  5. #eac879
  6. #eed28f
  7. #f1dba5
  8. #f5e4bc
  9. #f8edd2
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca41f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca41f
  2. #d3a029
  3. #ca9d32
  4. #c0993c
  5. #b79646
  6. #ae9250
  7. #a58e59
  8. #9c8b63
  9. #92876d
  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 #c2aa8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b328 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0938c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a406 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ad24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca41f {
  color: #dca41f;
}
Background
.bg-dca41f {
  background-color: #dca41f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca41f {
  border: 2px solid #dca41f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca41f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 164 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca41f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca41f, #b6dc1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca41f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 164 31 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.83 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.34 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.72 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.53 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.02 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 8.08 #235be0 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca41f  rgb(220, 164, 31)  hsl(42, 75%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#1f57dc  rgb(31, 87, 220)  hsl(222, 75%, 49%)  Sapphire
#1fdca4  rgb(31, 220, 164)  hsl(162, 75%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a41fdc  rgb(164, 31, 220)  hsl(282, 75%, 49%)  Dark Orchid