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#DCA71A

#dca71a ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca71a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 65.49% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.09% magenta, 88.18% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.61°, with 78.86% saturation and 48.24% 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 9.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.8.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4293

Complementary

  1. #dca71a
  2. #1a4fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dca71a
  2. #1ab0dc
  3. #461adc

Analogous

  1. #dc461a
  2. #dca71a
  3. #b0dc1a

Triadic

  1. #dca71a
  2. #1adca7
  3. #a71adc

Tetradic

  1. #dca71a
  2. #4fdc1a
  3. #1a4fdc
  4. #a71adc

Square

  1. #dca71a
  2. #1adc46
  3. #1a4fdc
  4. #dc1ab0

Monochromatic

  1. #533f0a
  2. #987312
  3. #dca71a
  4. #ebc357
  5. #f3db9c

Shades

#dca71a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca71a
  2. #c69617
  3. #b08615
  4. #9a7512
  5. #846410
  6. #6e540d
  7. #58430a
  8. #423208
  9. #2c2105
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca71a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca71a
  2. #e0b031
  3. #e3b948
  4. #e7c15f
  5. #eaca76
  6. #eed38d
  7. #f1dca3
  8. #f5e5ba
  9. #f8edd1
  10. #fcf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca71a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca71a
  2. #d3a324
  3. #ca9f2e
  4. #c09b39
  5. #b79743
  6. #ae944d
  7. #a59057
  8. #9c8c61
  9. #92886c
  10. #898476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3ac8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab525 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef968f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba700 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2af21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89d72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca71a {
  color: #dca71a;
}
Background
.bg-dca71a {
  background-color: #dca71a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca71a {
  border: 2px solid #dca71a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca71a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 167 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 79% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca71a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca71a, #b0dc1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca71a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 167 26 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.80 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.54 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.47 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.99 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.40 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.57 #2358e5 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca71a  rgb(220, 167, 26)  hsl(44, 79%, 48%)  Goldenrod
#1a4fdc  rgb(26, 79, 220)  hsl(224, 79%, 48%)  Sapphire
#1adca7  rgb(26, 220, 167)  hsl(164, 79%, 48%)  Caribbean Green
#a71adc  rgb(167, 26, 220)  hsl(284, 79%, 48%)  Dark Orchid