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#DCAA34

#dcaa34 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcaa34 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 20.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.73% magenta, 76.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 42.14°, with 70.59% saturation and 53.33% 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 9.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.76.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4421

Complementary

  1. #dcaa34
  2. #3466dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaa34
  2. #34badc
  3. #5634dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5634
  2. #dcaa34
  3. #badc34

Triadic

  1. #dcaa34
  2. #34dcaa
  3. #aa34dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaa34
  2. #66dc34
  3. #3466dc
  4. #aa34dc

Square

  1. #dcaa34
  2. #34dc56
  3. #3466dc
  4. #dc34ba

Monochromatic

  1. #654c11
  2. #a77e1d
  3. #dcaa34
  4. #e7c575
  5. #f2e1b6

Shades

#dcaa34 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaa34
  2. #c6992f
  3. #b0882a
  4. #9a7724
  5. #84661f
  6. #6e551a
  7. #584415
  8. #423310
  9. #2c220a
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaa34 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaa34
  2. #e0b348
  3. #e3bb5d
  4. #e7c471
  5. #eacc85
  6. #eed59a
  7. #f1ddae
  8. #f5e6c2
  9. #f8eed6
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaa34 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaa34
  2. #d3a63c
  3. #caa243
  4. #c09d4b
  5. #b79952
  6. #ae955a
  7. #a59162
  8. #9c8d69
  9. #928871
  10. #898478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4af90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa1f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb73a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9a93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccaa29 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2b238 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a178 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaa34 {
  color: #dcaa34;
}
Background
.bg-dcaa34 {
  background-color: #dcaa34;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaa34 {
  border: 2px solid #dcaa34;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaa34;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 170 52;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 71% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaa34 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaa34, #badc34);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaa34 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 170 52 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.76 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.61 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.80 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.65 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.45 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.70 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.14 #2355cb Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dcaa34  rgb(220, 170, 52)  hsl(42, 71%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#3466dc  rgb(52, 102, 220)  hsl(222, 71%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#34dcaa  rgb(52, 220, 170)  hsl(162, 71%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#aa34dc  rgb(170, 52, 220)  hsl(282, 71%, 53%)  Dark Orchid