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#DCAA1F

#dcaa1f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcaa1f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 66.67% green and 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.73% magenta, 85.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 44.13°, with 75.3% saturation and 49.22% 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 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.68.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4406

Complementary

  1. #dcaa1f
  2. #1f51dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaa1f
  2. #1fb0dc
  3. #4c1fdc

Analogous

  1. #dc4c1f
  2. #dcaa1f
  3. #b0dc1f

Triadic

  1. #dcaa1f
  2. #1fdcaa
  3. #aa1fdc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaa1f
  2. #51dc1f
  3. #1f51dc
  4. #aa1fdc

Square

  1. #dcaa1f
  2. #1fdc4c
  3. #1f51dc
  4. #dc1fb0

Monochromatic

  1. #56420c
  2. #997616
  3. #dcaa1f
  4. #e8c45f
  5. #f2dda2

Shades

#dcaa1f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaa1f
  2. #c6991c
  3. #b08819
  4. #9a7716
  5. #846613
  6. #6e5510
  7. #58440c
  8. #423309
  9. #2c2206
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaa1f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaa1f
  2. #e0b335
  3. #e3bb4c
  4. #e7c462
  5. #eacc79
  6. #eed58f
  7. #f1dda5
  8. #f5e6bc
  9. #f8eed2
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaa1f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaa1f
  2. #d3a629
  3. #caa232
  4. #c09d3c
  5. #b79946
  6. #ae9550
  7. #a59159
  8. #9c8d63
  9. #92886d
  10. #898476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4ae8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb729 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9992 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccaa03 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b225 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a075 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaa1f {
  color: #dcaa1f;
}
Background
.bg-dcaa1f {
  background-color: #dcaa1f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaa1f {
  border: 2px solid #dcaa1f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaa1f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 170 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaa1f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaa1f, #b0dc1f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaa1f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 170 31 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.68 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.54 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.63 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.33 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.76 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.84 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.00 #2355e0 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dcaa1f  rgb(220, 170, 31)  hsl(44, 75%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#1f51dc  rgb(31, 81, 220)  hsl(224, 75%, 49%)  Sapphire
#1fdcaa  rgb(31, 220, 170)  hsl(164, 75%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#aa1fdc  rgb(170, 31, 220)  hsl(284, 75%, 49%)  Dark Orchid