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#DCAA00

#dcaa00 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcaa00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 66.67% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.73% magenta, 100% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 46.36°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 9.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.53.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4397

Complementary

  1. #dcaa00
  2. #0032dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaa00
  2. #00a0dc
  3. #3c00dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3c00
  2. #dcaa00
  3. #a0dc00

Triadic

  1. #dcaa00
  2. #00dcaa
  3. #aa00dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaa00
  2. #32dc00
  3. #0032dc
  4. #aa00dc

Square

  1. #dcaa00
  2. #00dc3c
  3. #0032dc
  4. #dc00a0

Monochromatic

  1. #433400
  2. #906f00
  3. #dcaa00
  4. #ffce2a
  5. #ffe076

Shades

#dcaa00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaa00
  2. #c69900
  3. #b08800
  4. #9a7700
  5. #846600
  6. #6e5500
  7. #584400
  8. #423300
  9. #2c2200
  10. #161100
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaa00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaa00
  2. #e0b31a
  3. #e3bb33
  4. #e7c44d
  5. #eacc66
  6. #eed580
  7. #f1dd99
  8. #f5e6b3
  9. #f8eecc
  10. #fcf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaa00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaa00
  2. #d3a60d
  3. #caa21a
  4. #c09d26
  5. #b79933
  6. #ae9540
  7. #a5914d
  8. #9c8d5a
  9. #928866
  10. #898473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4ae8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb717 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccaa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b210 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaa00 {
  color: #dcaa00;
}
Background
.bg-dcaa00 {
  background-color: #dcaa00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaa00 {
  border: 2px solid #dcaa00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaa00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 170 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaa00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaa00, #a0dc00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaa00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 170 0 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.53 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.01 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.04 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.63 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.85 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.85 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.93 #2355ff Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dcaa00  rgb(220, 170, 0)  hsl(46, 100%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0032dc  rgb(0, 50, 220)  hsl(226, 100%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#00dcaa  rgb(0, 220, 170)  hsl(166, 100%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#aa00dc  rgb(170, 0, 220)  hsl(286, 100%, 43%)  Dark Orchid