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#DCAA29

#dcaa29 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcaa29 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 16.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.73% magenta, 81.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.24°, with 71.89% saturation and 51.18% 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 9.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.47.

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Relative luminance0.4413

Complementary

  1. #dcaa29
  2. #295bdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaa29
  2. #29b5dc
  3. #5129dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5129
  2. #dcaa29
  3. #b5dc29

Triadic

  1. #dcaa29
  2. #29dcaa
  3. #aa29dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaa29
  2. #5bdc29
  3. #295bdc
  4. #aa29dc

Square

  1. #dcaa29
  2. #29dc51
  3. #295bdc
  4. #dc29b5

Monochromatic

  1. #5d470f
  2. #9f7a1a
  3. #dcaa29
  4. #e7c46b
  5. #f2dead

Shades

#dcaa29 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaa29
  2. #c69925
  3. #b08821
  4. #9a771d
  5. #846619
  6. #6e5515
  7. #584410
  8. #42330c
  9. #2c2208
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaa29 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaa29
  2. #e0b33e
  3. #e3bb54
  4. #e7c469
  5. #eacc7f
  6. #eed594
  7. #f1dda9
  8. #f5e6bf
  9. #f8eed4
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaa29 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaa29
  2. #d3a632
  3. #caa23a
  4. #c09d43
  5. #b7994c
  6. #ae9555
  7. #a5915d
  8. #9c8d66
  9. #92886f
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4ae8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa04 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb731 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9a92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccaa19 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b22e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a076 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaa29 {
  color: #dcaa29;
}
Background
.bg-dcaa29 {
  background-color: #dcaa29;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaa29 {
  border: 2px solid #dcaa29;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaa29;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 170 41;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaa29 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaa29, #b5dc29);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaa29 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 170 41 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.46 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.59 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.00 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.72 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.90 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.94 #2355d6 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dcaa29  rgb(220, 170, 41)  hsl(43, 72%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#295bdc  rgb(41, 91, 220)  hsl(223, 72%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#29dcaa  rgb(41, 220, 170)  hsl(163, 72%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#aa29dc  rgb(170, 41, 220)  hsl(283, 72%, 51%)  Dark Orchid