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#DCA83B

#dca83b ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dca83b 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 23.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.64% magenta, 73.18% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 40.62°, with 69.7% saturation and 54.71% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.33.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4354

Complementary

  1. #dca83b
  2. #3b6fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dca83b
  2. #3bc0dc
  3. #583bdc

Analogous

  1. #dc583b
  2. #dca83b
  3. #c0dc3b

Triadic

  1. #dca83b
  2. #3bdca8
  3. #a83bdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca83b
  2. #6fdc3b
  3. #3b6fdc
  4. #a83bdc

Square

  1. #dca83b
  2. #3bdc58
  3. #3b6fdc
  4. #dc3bc0

Monochromatic

  1. #6b4f13
  2. #ac7e1f
  3. #dca83b
  4. #e8c57c
  5. #f3e2bd

Shades

#dca83b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca83b
  2. #c69735
  3. #b0862f
  4. #9a7629
  5. #846523
  6. #6e541e
  7. #584318
  8. #423212
  9. #2c220c
  10. #161106
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca83b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca83b
  2. #e0b14f
  3. #e3b962
  4. #e7c276
  5. #eacb89
  6. #eed49d
  7. #f1dcb1
  8. #f5e5c4
  9. #f8eed8
  10. #fcf6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca83b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca83b
  2. #d3a442
  3. #caa049
  4. #c09c50
  5. #b79857
  6. #ae945e
  7. #a59064
  8. #9c8c6b
  9. #928872
  10. #898479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3ad90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bea92b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab640 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9892 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa832 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1b03e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e79f79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca83b {
  color: #dca83b;
}
Background
.bg-dca83b {
  background-color: #dca83b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca83b {
  border: 2px solid #dca83b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca83b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 168 59;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 70% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca83b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca83b, #c0dc3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca83b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 168 59 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.33 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.65 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.90 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.38 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.65 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.45 #2357c4 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca83b  rgb(220, 168, 59)  hsl(41, 70%, 55%)  Goldenrod
#3b6fdc  rgb(59, 111, 220)  hsl(221, 70%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3bdca8  rgb(59, 220, 168)  hsl(161, 70%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#a83bdc  rgb(168, 59, 220)  hsl(281, 70%, 55%)  Dark Orchid