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#DCA62C

#dca62c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca62c 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 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.55% magenta, 80% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.59°, with 71.54% saturation and 51.76% 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 1.07.

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Relative luminance0.4267

Complementary

  1. #dca62c
  2. #2c62dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca62c
  2. #2cbadc
  3. #4e2cdc

Analogous

  1. #dc4e2c
  2. #dca62c
  3. #badc2c

Triadic

  1. #dca62c
  2. #2cdca6
  3. #a62cdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca62c
  2. #62dc2c
  3. #2c62dc
  4. #a62cdc

Square

  1. #dca62c
  2. #2cdc4e
  3. #2c62dc
  4. #dc2cba

Monochromatic

  1. #5f4710
  2. #a1781b
  3. #dca62c
  4. #e7c26e
  5. #f2ddaf

Shades

#dca62c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca62c
  2. #c69528
  3. #b08523
  4. #9a741f
  5. #84641a
  6. #6e5316
  7. #584212
  8. #42320d
  9. #2c2109
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca62c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca62c
  2. #e0af41
  3. #e3b856
  4. #e7c16b
  5. #eaca80
  6. #eed396
  7. #f1dbab
  8. #f5e4c0
  9. #f8edd5
  10. #fcf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca62c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca62c
  2. #d3a234
  3. #ca9e3d
  4. #c09b45
  5. #b7974e
  6. #ae9356
  7. #a58f5e
  8. #9c8b67
  9. #92886f
  10. #898478
  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 #c2ab8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca710 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b432 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef958f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa61e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1af30 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89c74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca62c {
  color: #dca62c;
}
Background
.bg-dca62c {
  background-color: #dca62c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca62c {
  border: 2px solid #dca62c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca62c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 166 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca62c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca62c, #badc2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca62c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 166 44 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.07 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.54 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.02 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.13 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.40 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.86 #2359d3 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca62c  rgb(220, 166, 44)  hsl(42, 72%, 52%)  Goldenrod
#2c62dc  rgb(44, 98, 220)  hsl(222, 72%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2cdca6  rgb(44, 220, 166)  hsl(162, 72%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a62cdc  rgb(166, 44, 220)  hsl(282, 72%, 52%)  Dark Orchid