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#DCA824

#dca824 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca824 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 65.88% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.64% magenta, 83.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.04°, with 72.44% saturation and 50.2% 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 9.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 0.83.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4335

Complementary

  1. #dca824
  2. #2458dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca824
  2. #24b4dc
  3. #4c24dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4c24
  2. #dca824
  3. #b4dc24

Triadic

  1. #dca824
  2. #24dca8
  3. #a824dc

Tetradic

  1. #dca824
  2. #58dc24
  3. #2458dc
  4. #a824dc

Square

  1. #dca824
  2. #24dc4c
  3. #2458dc
  4. #dc24b4

Monochromatic

  1. #59440e
  2. #9b7619
  3. #dca824
  4. #e7c266
  5. #f1dca8

Shades

#dca824 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca824
  2. #c69720
  3. #b0861d
  4. #9a7619
  5. #846516
  6. #6e5412
  7. #58430e
  8. #42320b
  9. #2c2207
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca824 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca824
  2. #e0b13a
  3. #e3b950
  4. #e7c266
  5. #eacb7c
  6. #eed492
  7. #f1dca7
  8. #f5e5bd
  9. #f8eed3
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca824 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca824
  2. #d3a42d
  3. #caa036
  4. #c09c40
  5. #b79849
  6. #ae9452
  7. #a5905b
  8. #9c8c64
  9. #92886e
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3ad8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb52c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9790 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba810 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2b029 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89e74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca824 {
  color: #dca824;
}
Background
.bg-dca824 {
  background-color: #dca824;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca824 {
  border: 2px solid #dca824;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca824;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 168 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca824 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca824, #b4dc24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca824 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 168 36 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 0.83 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.22 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.47 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.09 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.42 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.43 #2357db Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca824  rgb(220, 168, 36)  hsl(43, 72%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#2458dc  rgb(36, 88, 220)  hsl(223, 72%, 50%)  Sapphire
#24dca8  rgb(36, 220, 168)  hsl(163, 72%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a824dc  rgb(168, 36, 220)  hsl(283, 72%, 50%)  Dark Orchid