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#DCA627

#dca627 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca627 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 65.1% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.55% magenta, 82.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.1°, with 72.11% saturation and 50.78% 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 9.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.68.

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Relative luminance0.4263

Complementary

  1. #dca627
  2. #275ddc

Split complementary

  1. #dca627
  2. #27b7dc
  3. #4b27dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4b27
  2. #dca627
  3. #b7dc27

Triadic

  1. #dca627
  2. #27dca6
  3. #a627dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca627
  2. #5ddc27
  3. #275ddc
  4. #a627dc

Square

  1. #dca627
  2. #27dc4b
  3. #275ddc
  4. #dc27b7

Monochromatic

  1. #5b440f
  2. #9d7619
  3. #dca627
  4. #e7c169
  5. #f1dcab

Shades

#dca627 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca627
  2. #c69523
  3. #b0851f
  4. #9a741b
  5. #846417
  6. #6e5314
  7. #584210
  8. #42320c
  9. #2c2108
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca627 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca627
  2. #e0af3d
  3. #e3b852
  4. #e7c168
  5. #eaca7d
  6. #eed393
  7. #f1dba9
  8. #f5e4be
  9. #f8edd4
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca627 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca627
  2. #d3a230
  3. #ca9e39
  4. #c09b42
  5. #b7974b
  6. #ae9354
  7. #a58f5c
  8. #9c8b65
  9. #92886e
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2ab8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda601 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b42e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef958f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa616 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1af2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89c73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca627 {
  color: #dca627;
}
Background
.bg-dca627 {
  background-color: #dca627;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca627 {
  border: 2px solid #dca627;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca627;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 166 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca627 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca627, #b7dc27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca627 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 166 39 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.68 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.70 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.92 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.26 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.83 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.88 #2359d8 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca627  rgb(220, 166, 39)  hsl(42, 72%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#275ddc  rgb(39, 93, 220)  hsl(222, 72%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#27dca6  rgb(39, 220, 166)  hsl(162, 72%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#a627dc  rgb(166, 39, 220)  hsl(282, 72%, 51%)  Dark Orchid