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#DCA60E

#dca60e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca60e 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 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.55% magenta, 93.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 44.27°, with 88.03% saturation and 45.88% 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 1.06.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4252

Complementary

  1. #dca60e
  2. #0e44dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca60e
  2. #0eabdc
  3. #3f0edc

Analogous

  1. #dc3f0e
  2. #dca60e
  3. #abdc0e

Triadic

  1. #dca60e
  2. #0edca6
  3. #a60edc

Tetradic

  1. #dca60e
  2. #44dc0e
  3. #0e44dc
  4. #a60edc

Square

  1. #dca60e
  2. #0edc3f
  3. #0e44dc
  4. #dc0eab

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3905
  2. #947009
  3. #dca60e
  4. #f3c543
  5. #f8db8b

Shades

#dca60e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca60e
  2. #c6950d
  3. #b0850b
  4. #9a740a
  5. #846408
  6. #6e5307
  7. #584206
  8. #423204
  9. #2c2103
  10. #161101
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca60e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca60e
  2. #e0af26
  3. #e3b83e
  4. #e7c156
  5. #eaca6e
  6. #eed387
  7. #f1db9f
  8. #f5e4b7
  9. #f8edcf
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca60e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca60e
  2. #d3a219
  3. #ca9e25
  4. #c09b30
  5. #b7973c
  6. #ae9347
  7. #a58f52
  8. #9c8b5e
  9. #928869
  10. #898475
  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 #cab41d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0958d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1af18 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89c70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca60e {
  color: #dca60e;
}
Background
.bg-dca60e {
  background-color: #dca60e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca60e {
  border: 2px solid #dca60e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca60e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 166 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 88% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca60e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca60e, #abdc0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca60e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 166 14 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.06 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.79 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.91 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.47 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.89 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.44 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.77 #2359f1 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca60e  rgb(220, 166, 14)  hsl(44, 88%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#0e44dc  rgb(14, 68, 220)  hsl(224, 88%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#0edca6  rgb(14, 220, 166)  hsl(164, 88%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#a60edc  rgb(166, 14, 220)  hsl(284, 88%, 46%)  Dark Orchid