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#DCA426

#dca426 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca426 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 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 82.73% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.54°, with 72.22% saturation and 50.59% 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 9.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.16.

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Relative luminance0.4191

Complementary

  1. #dca426
  2. #265edc

Split complementary

  1. #dca426
  2. #26b9dc
  3. #4926dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4926
  2. #dca426
  3. #b9dc26

Triadic

  1. #dca426
  2. #26dca4
  3. #a426dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca426
  2. #5edc26
  3. #265edc
  4. #a426dc

Square

  1. #dca426
  2. #26dc49
  3. #265edc
  4. #dc26b9

Monochromatic

  1. #5a430f
  2. #9c7419
  3. #dca426
  4. #e7c068
  5. #f1dbaa

Shades

#dca426 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca426
  2. #c69422
  3. #b0831e
  4. #9a731b
  5. #846217
  6. #6e5213
  7. #58420f
  8. #42310b
  9. #2c2108
  10. #161004
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca426 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca426
  2. #e0ad3c
  3. #e3b651
  4. #e7bf67
  5. #eac87d
  6. #eed293
  7. #f1dba8
  8. #f5e4be
  9. #f8edd4
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca426 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca426
  2. #d3a02f
  3. #ca9d38
  4. #c09941
  5. #b7964a
  6. #ae9253
  7. #a58e5c
  8. #9c8b65
  9. #92876e
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.38:1 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 #c8b32d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef938d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a515 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ad2a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89a72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca426 {
  color: #dca426;
}
Background
.bg-dca426 {
  background-color: #dca426;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca426 {
  border: 2px solid #dca426;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca426;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 164 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca426 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca426, #b9dc26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca426 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 164 38 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.16 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.11 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.54 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.42 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.62 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.50 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.87 #235bd9 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca426  rgb(220, 164, 38)  hsl(42, 72%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#265edc  rgb(38, 94, 220)  hsl(222, 72%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#26dca4  rgb(38, 220, 164)  hsl(162, 72%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#a426dc  rgb(164, 38, 220)  hsl(282, 72%, 51%)  Dark Orchid