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#DCA808

#dca808 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca808 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 65.88% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.64% magenta, 96.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 45.28°, with 92.98% saturation and 44.71% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.72.

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Relative luminance0.4324

Complementary

  1. #dca808
  2. #083cdc

Split complementary

  1. #dca808
  2. #08a6dc
  3. #3e08dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3e08
  2. #dca808
  3. #a6dc08

Triadic

  1. #dca808
  2. #08dca8
  3. #a808dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca808
  2. #3cdc08
  3. #083cdc
  4. #a808dc

Square

  1. #dca808
  2. #08dc3e
  3. #083cdc
  4. #dc08a6

Monochromatic

  1. #483703
  2. #927005
  3. #dca808
  4. #f8c939
  5. #fadd83

Shades

#dca808 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca808
  2. #c69707
  3. #b08606
  4. #9a7606
  5. #846505
  6. #6e5404
  7. #584303
  8. #423202
  9. #2c2202
  10. #161101
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca808 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca808
  2. #e0b121
  3. #e3b939
  4. #e7c252
  5. #eacb6b
  6. #eed484
  7. #f1dc9c
  8. #f5e5b5
  9. #f8eece
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca808 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca808
  2. #d3a414
  3. #caa020
  4. #c09c2c
  5. #b79838
  6. #ae9444
  7. #a59050
  8. #9c8c5c
  9. #928868
  10. #898474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3ad8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb51b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0978f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2b015 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89e71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca808 {
  color: #dca808;
}
Background
.bg-dca808 {
  background-color: #dca808;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca808 {
  border: 2px solid #dca808;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca808;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 168 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 93% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca808 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca808, #a6dc08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca808 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 168 8 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.72 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.32 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.40 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.23 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.73 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.10 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.17 #2357f7 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca808  rgb(220, 168, 8)  hsl(45, 93%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#083cdc  rgb(8, 60, 220)  hsl(225, 93%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#08dca8  rgb(8, 220, 168)  hsl(165, 93%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a808dc  rgb(168, 8, 220)  hsl(285, 93%, 45%)  Dark Orchid