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#DCA60B

#dca60b ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca60b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 65.1% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.55% magenta, 95% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 44.5°, with 90.48% saturation and 45.29% 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 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.15.

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Relative luminance0.4251

Complementary

  1. #dca60b
  2. #0b41dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca60b
  2. #0ba9dc
  3. #3e0bdc

Analogous

  1. #dc3e0b
  2. #dca60b
  3. #a9dc0b

Triadic

  1. #dca60b
  2. #0bdca6
  3. #a60bdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca60b
  2. #41dc0b
  3. #0b41dc
  4. #a60bdc

Square

  1. #dca60b
  2. #0bdc3e
  3. #0b41dc
  4. #dc0ba9

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3804
  2. #936f07
  3. #dca60b
  4. #f5c63e
  5. #f9dc87

Shades

#dca60b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca60b
  2. #c6950a
  3. #b08509
  4. #9a7408
  5. #846407
  6. #6e5306
  7. #584204
  8. #423203
  9. #2c2102
  10. #161101
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca60b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca60b
  2. #e0af23
  3. #e3b83c
  4. #e7c154
  5. #eaca6d
  6. #eed385
  7. #f1db9d
  8. #f5e4b6
  9. #f8edce
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca60b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca60b
  2. #d3a217
  3. #ca9e22
  4. #c09b2e
  5. #b7973a
  6. #ae9346
  7. #a58f51
  8. #9c8b5d
  9. #928869
  10. #898474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2ab8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab41b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0958d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1af16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89c70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca60b {
  color: #dca60b;
}
Background
.bg-dca60b {
  background-color: #dca60b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca60b {
  border: 2px solid #dca60b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca60b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 166 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca60b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca60b, #a9dc0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca60b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 166 11 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.15 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.81 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.92 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.53 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.94 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.42 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.75 #2359f4 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca60b  rgb(220, 166, 11)  hsl(45, 90%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0b41dc  rgb(11, 65, 220)  hsl(225, 90%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0bdca6  rgb(11, 220, 166)  hsl(165, 90%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a60bdc  rgb(166, 11, 220)  hsl(285, 90%, 45%)  Dark Orchid