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#DCA728

#dca728 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca728 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 65.49% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.09% magenta, 81.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.33°, with 72% saturation and 50.98% 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 9.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.7.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4301

Complementary

  1. #dca728
  2. #285ddc

Split complementary

  1. #dca728
  2. #28b7dc
  3. #4d28dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4d28
  2. #dca728
  3. #b7dc28

Triadic

  1. #dca728
  2. #28dca7
  3. #a728dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca728
  2. #5ddc28
  3. #285ddc
  4. #a728dc

Square

  1. #dca728
  2. #28dc4d
  3. #285ddc
  4. #dc28b7

Monochromatic

  1. #5c450f
  2. #9e771a
  3. #dca728
  4. #e7c26a
  5. #f1ddac

Shades

#dca728 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca728
  2. #c69624
  3. #b08620
  4. #9a751c
  5. #846418
  6. #6e5414
  7. #584310
  8. #42320c
  9. #2c2108
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca728 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca728
  2. #e0b03e
  3. #e3b953
  4. #e7c169
  5. #eaca7e
  6. #eed394
  7. #f1dca9
  8. #f5e5bf
  9. #f8edd4
  10. #fcf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca728 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca728
  2. #d3a331
  3. #ca9f3a
  4. #c09b42
  5. #b7974b
  6. #ae9454
  7. #a5905d
  8. #9c8c66
  9. #92886e
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3ac8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda703 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab52f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9690 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa718 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1af2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89d74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca728 {
  color: #dca728;
}
Background
.bg-dca728 {
  background-color: #dca728;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca728 {
  border: 2px solid #dca728;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca728;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 167 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca728 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca728, #b7dc28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca728 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 167 40 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.70 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.41 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.59 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.00 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.61 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.98 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.72 #2358d7 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca728  rgb(220, 167, 40)  hsl(42, 72%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#285ddc  rgb(40, 93, 220)  hsl(222, 72%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#28dca7  rgb(40, 220, 167)  hsl(162, 72%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#a728dc  rgb(167, 40, 220)  hsl(282, 72%, 51%)  Dark Orchid