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#DCA51F

#dca51f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca51f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 64.71% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25% magenta, 85.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.54°, 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 9.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.53.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4222

Complementary

  1. #dca51f
  2. #1f56dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca51f
  2. #1fb5dc
  3. #471fdc

Analogous

  1. #dc471f
  2. #dca51f
  3. #b5dc1f

Triadic

  1. #dca51f
  2. #1fdca5
  3. #a51fdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca51f
  2. #56dc1f
  3. #1f56dc
  4. #a51fdc

Square

  1. #dca51f
  2. #1fdc47
  3. #1f56dc
  4. #dc1fb5

Monochromatic

  1. #56400c
  2. #997316
  3. #dca51f
  4. #e8c05f
  5. #f2dba2

Shades

#dca51f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca51f
  2. #c6951c
  3. #b08419
  4. #9a7416
  5. #846313
  6. #6e5310
  7. #58420c
  8. #423209
  9. #2c2106
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca51f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca51f
  2. #e0ae35
  3. #e3b74c
  4. #e7c062
  5. #eac979
  6. #eed28f
  7. #f1dba5
  8. #f5e4bc
  9. #f8edd2
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca51f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca51f
  2. #d3a129
  3. #ca9e32
  4. #c09a3c
  5. #b79646
  6. #ae9350
  7. #a58f59
  8. #9c8b63
  9. #92876d
  10. #898476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2aa8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b428 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef948d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa505 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1ae24 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89b71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca51f {
  color: #dca51f;
}
Background
.bg-dca51f {
  background-color: #dca51f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca51f {
  border: 2px solid #dca51f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca51f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 165 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca51f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca51f, #b5dc1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca51f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 165 31 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.53 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.65 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.02 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.10 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.19 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.22 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.87 #235ae0 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca51f  rgb(220, 165, 31)  hsl(43, 75%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#1f56dc  rgb(31, 86, 220)  hsl(223, 75%, 49%)  Sapphire
#1fdca5  rgb(31, 220, 165)  hsl(163, 75%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a51fdc  rgb(165, 31, 220)  hsl(283, 75%, 49%)  Dark Orchid