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#DCA42E

#dca42e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca42e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.45% magenta, 79.09% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 40.69°, with 71.31% saturation and 52.16% 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 1.79.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4196

Complementary

  1. #dca42e
  2. #2e66dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca42e
  2. #2ebddc
  3. #4d2edc

Analogous

  1. #dc4d2e
  2. #dca42e
  3. #bddc2e

Triadic

  1. #dca42e
  2. #2edca4
  3. #a42edc

Tetradic

  1. #dca42e
  2. #66dc2e
  3. #2e66dc
  4. #a42edc

Square

  1. #dca42e
  2. #2edc4d
  3. #2e66dc
  4. #dc2ebd

Monochromatic

  1. #614710
  2. #a2771b
  3. #dca42e
  4. #e7c170
  5. #f2ddb1

Shades

#dca42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca42e
  2. #c69429
  3. #b08325
  4. #9a7320
  5. #84621c
  6. #6e5217
  7. #584212
  8. #42310e
  9. #2c2109
  10. #161005
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca42e
  2. #e0ad43
  3. #e3b658
  4. #e7bf6d
  5. #eac882
  6. #eed297
  7. #f1dbab
  8. #f5e4c0
  9. #f8edd5
  10. #fcf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca42e
  2. #d3a036
  3. #ca9d3e
  4. #c09947
  5. #b7964f
  6. #ae9257
  7. #a58e5f
  8. #9c8b67
  9. #928770
  10. #898478
  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 #bba516 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b334 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef938d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a522 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0ad31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89a73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca42e {
  color: #dca42e;
}
Background
.bg-dca42e {
  background-color: #dca42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca42e {
  border: 2px solid #dca42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca42e, #bddc2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.79 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.89 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.38 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.61 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.78 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.83 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.52 #235bd1 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca42e  rgb(220, 164, 46)  hsl(41, 71%, 52%)  Goldenrod
#2e66dc  rgb(46, 102, 220)  hsl(221, 71%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2edca4  rgb(46, 220, 164)  hsl(161, 71%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a42edc  rgb(164, 46, 220)  hsl(281, 71%, 52%)  Dark Orchid