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#DCA82C

#dca82c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca82c 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 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.64% magenta, 80% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.27°, 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 9.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.01.

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Relative luminance0.434

Complementary

  1. #dca82c
  2. #2c60dc

Split complementary

  1. #dca82c
  2. #2cb8dc
  3. #502cdc

Analogous

  1. #dc502c
  2. #dca82c
  3. #b8dc2c

Triadic

  1. #dca82c
  2. #2cdca8
  3. #a82cdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca82c
  2. #60dc2c
  3. #2c60dc
  4. #a82cdc

Square

  1. #dca82c
  2. #2cdc50
  3. #2c60dc
  4. #dc2cb8

Monochromatic

  1. #5f4810
  2. #a1791b
  3. #dca82c
  4. #e7c36e
  5. #f2deaf

Shades

#dca82c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca82c
  2. #c69728
  3. #b08623
  4. #9a761f
  5. #84651a
  6. #6e5416
  7. #584312
  8. #42320d
  9. #2c2209
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca82c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca82c
  2. #e0b141
  3. #e3b956
  4. #e7c26b
  5. #eacb80
  6. #eed496
  7. #f1dcab
  8. #f5e5c0
  9. #f8eed5
  10. #fcf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca82c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca82c
  2. #d3a434
  3. #caa03d
  4. #c09c45
  5. #b7984e
  6. #ae9456
  7. #a5905e
  8. #9c8c67
  9. #92886f
  10. #898478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3ad8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea80f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb633 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9891 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba81e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2b030 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89e75 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca82c {
  color: #dca82c;
}
Background
.bg-dca82c {
  background-color: #dca82c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca82c {
  border: 2px solid #dca82c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca82c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 168 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca82c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca82c, #b8dc2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca82c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 168 44 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.01 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.12 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.30 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.20 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.88 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.89 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.64 #2357d3 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca82c  rgb(220, 168, 44)  hsl(42, 72%, 52%)  Goldenrod
#2c60dc  rgb(44, 96, 220)  hsl(222, 72%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2cdca8  rgb(44, 220, 168)  hsl(162, 72%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a82cdc  rgb(168, 44, 220)  hsl(282, 72%, 52%)  Dark Orchid