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#DCA429

#dca429 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca429 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 16.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 81.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.23°, with 71.89% saturation and 51.18% 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 9.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.37.

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Relative luminance0.4193

Complementary

  1. #dca429
  2. #2961dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca429
  2. #29bbdc
  3. #4b29dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4b29
  2. #dca429
  3. #bbdc29

Triadic

  1. #dca429
  2. #29dca4
  3. #a429dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca429
  2. #61dc29
  3. #2961dc
  4. #a429dc

Square

  1. #dca429
  2. #29dc4b
  3. #2961dc
  4. #dc29bb

Monochromatic

  1. #5d450f
  2. #9f751a
  3. #dca429
  4. #e7c06b
  5. #f2dcad

Shades

#dca429 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca429
  2. #c69425
  3. #b08321
  4. #9a731d
  5. #846219
  6. #6e5215
  7. #584210
  8. #42310c
  9. #2c2108
  10. #161004
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca429 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca429
  2. #e0ad3e
  3. #e3b654
  4. #e7bf69
  5. #eac87f
  6. #eed294
  7. #f1dba9
  8. #f5e4bf
  9. #f8edd4
  10. #fcf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca429 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca429
  2. #d3a032
  3. #ca9d3a
  4. #c09943
  5. #b7964c
  6. #ae9255
  7. #a58e5d
  8. #9c8b66
  9. #92876f
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2aa8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba509 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b32f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef938d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a51a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ad2d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89a72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca429 {
  color: #dca429;
}
Background
.bg-dca429 {
  background-color: #dca429;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca429 {
  border: 2px solid #dca429;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca429;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 164 41;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca429 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca429, #bbdc29);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca429 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 164 41 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.37 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.02 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.48 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.68 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.24 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.74 #235bd6 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca429  rgb(220, 164, 41)  hsl(41, 72%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#2961dc  rgb(41, 97, 220)  hsl(221, 72%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#29dca4  rgb(41, 220, 164)  hsl(161, 72%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#a429dc  rgb(164, 41, 220)  hsl(281, 72%, 51%)  Dark Orchid