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#DCA501

#dca501 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca501 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 64.71% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 99.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 44.93°, with 99.1% saturation and 43.33% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.31.

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Relative luminance0.4213

Complementary

  1. #dca501
  2. #0138dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca501
  2. #01a5dc
  3. #3701dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3701
  2. #dca501
  3. #a5dc01

Triadic

  1. #dca501
  2. #01dca5
  3. #a501dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca501
  2. #38dc01
  3. #0138dc
  4. #a501dc

Square

  1. #dca501
  2. #01dc37
  3. #0138dc
  4. #dc01a5

Monochromatic

  1. #443300
  2. #906c01
  3. #dca501
  4. #fec92b
  5. #fedd78

Shades

#dca501 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca501
  2. #c69501
  3. #b08401
  4. #9a7401
  5. #846301
  6. #6e5301
  7. #584200
  8. #423200
  9. #2c2100
  10. #161100
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca501 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca501
  2. #e0ae1a
  3. #e3b734
  4. #e7c04d
  5. #eac967
  6. #eed280
  7. #f1db99
  8. #f5e4b3
  9. #f8edcc
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca501 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca501
  2. #d3a10e
  3. #ca9e1a
  4. #c09a27
  5. #b79634
  6. #ae9341
  7. #a58f4d
  8. #9c8b5a
  9. #928767
  10. #898473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2aa8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b316 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0948c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1ae0f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89b6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca501 {
  color: #dca501;
}
Background
.bg-dca501 {
  background-color: #dca501;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca501 {
  border: 2px solid #dca501;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca501;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 165 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 99% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca501 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca501, #a5dc01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca501 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 165 1 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.15 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.26 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.41 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.74 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.53 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.91 #235afe Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca501  rgb(220, 165, 1)  hsl(45, 99%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0138dc  rgb(1, 56, 220)  hsl(225, 99%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#01dca5  rgb(1, 220, 165)  hsl(165, 99%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#a501dc  rgb(165, 1, 220)  hsl(285, 99%, 43%)  Dark Violet