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#DCA91C

#dca91c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dca91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.18% magenta, 87.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 44.06°, with 77.42% saturation and 48.63% 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 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.4.

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Relative luminance0.4368

Complementary

  1. #dca91c
  2. #1c4fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dca91c
  2. #1cafdc
  3. #491cdc

Analogous

  1. #dc491c
  2. #dca91c
  3. #afdc1c

Triadic

  1. #dca91c
  2. #1cdca9
  3. #a91cdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca91c
  2. #4fdc1c
  3. #1c4fdc
  4. #a91cdc

Square

  1. #dca91c
  2. #1cdc49
  3. #1c4fdc
  4. #dc1caf

Monochromatic

  1. #54410b
  2. #987513
  3. #dca91c
  4. #eac45a
  5. #f3dc9e

Shades

#dca91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca91c
  2. #c69819
  3. #b08716
  4. #9a7614
  5. #846511
  6. #6e550e
  7. #58440b
  8. #423308
  9. #2c2206
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca91c
  2. #e0b233
  3. #e3ba49
  4. #e7c360
  5. #eacb77
  6. #eed48e
  7. #f1dda4
  8. #f5e5bb
  9. #f8eed2
  10. #fcf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca91c
  2. #d3a526
  3. #caa130
  4. #c09d3a
  5. #b79944
  6. #ae954e
  7. #a59058
  8. #9c8c62
  9. #92886c
  10. #898476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3ae8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb626 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9891 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cca900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2b123 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e89f74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca91c {
  color: #dca91c;
}
Background
.bg-dca91c {
  background-color: #dca91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca91c {
  border: 2px solid #dca91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 77% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca91c, #afdc1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.40 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.94 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.08 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.69 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.00 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.13 #2356e3 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dca91c  rgb(220, 169, 28)  hsl(44, 77%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#1c4fdc  rgb(28, 79, 220)  hsl(224, 77%, 49%)  Sapphire
#1cdca9  rgb(28, 220, 169)  hsl(164, 77%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a91cdc  rgb(169, 28, 220)  hsl(284, 77%, 49%)  Dark Orchid