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#DCAA03

#dcaa03 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcaa03 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 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.73% magenta, 98.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 46.18°, with 97.31% saturation and 43.73% 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 2.46.

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Relative luminance0.4397

Complementary

  1. #dcaa03
  2. #0335dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaa03
  2. #03a1dc
  3. #3e03dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3e03
  2. #dcaa03
  3. #a1dc03

Triadic

  1. #dcaa03
  2. #03dcaa
  3. #aa03dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaa03
  2. #35dc03
  3. #0335dc
  4. #aa03dc

Square

  1. #dcaa03
  2. #03dc3e
  3. #0335dc
  4. #dc03a1

Monochromatic

  1. #453501
  2. #917002
  3. #dcaa03
  4. #fccd2f
  5. #fddf7b

Shades

#dcaa03 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaa03
  2. #c69903
  3. #b08802
  4. #9a7702
  5. #846602
  6. #6e5502
  7. #584401
  8. #423301
  9. #2c2201
  10. #161100
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaa03 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaa03
  2. #e0b31c
  3. #e3bb35
  4. #e7c44f
  5. #eacc68
  6. #eed581
  7. #f1dd9a
  8. #f5e6b3
  9. #f8eecd
  10. #fcf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaa03 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaa03
  2. #d3a610
  3. #caa21c
  4. #c09d29
  5. #b79935
  6. #ae9542
  7. #a5914e
  8. #9c8d5b
  9. #928867
  10. #898474
  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 #cdb719 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccaa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b212 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaa03 {
  color: #dcaa03;
}
Background
.bg-dcaa03 {
  background-color: #dcaa03;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaa03 {
  border: 2px solid #dcaa03;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaa03;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 170 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 97% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaa03 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaa03, #a1dc03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaa03 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 170 3 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.46 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.00 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.63 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.86 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.87 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.92 #2355fc Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dcaa03  rgb(220, 170, 3)  hsl(46, 97%, 44%)  Goldenrod
#0335dc  rgb(3, 53, 220)  hsl(226, 97%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#03dcaa  rgb(3, 220, 170)  hsl(166, 97%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#aa03dc  rgb(170, 3, 220)  hsl(286, 97%, 44%)  Dark Orchid