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#DCAA43

#dcaa43 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcaa43 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 26.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.73% magenta, 69.55% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 40.39°, with 68.61% saturation and 56.27% 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 9.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.1.

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Relative luminance0.4437

Complementary

  1. #dcaa43
  2. #4375dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcaa43
  2. #43c1dc
  3. #5d43dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5d43
  2. #dcaa43
  3. #c1dc43

Triadic

  1. #dcaa43
  2. #43dcaa
  3. #aa43dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcaa43
  2. #75dc43
  3. #4375dc
  4. #aa43dc

Square

  1. #dcaa43
  2. #43dc5d
  3. #4375dc
  4. #dc43c1

Monochromatic

  1. #715315
  2. #b18221
  3. #dcaa43
  4. #e8c783
  5. #f4e4c4

Shades

#dcaa43 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcaa43
  2. #c6993c
  3. #b08836
  4. #9a772f
  5. #846628
  6. #6e5522
  7. #58441b
  8. #423314
  9. #2c220d
  10. #161107
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcaa43 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcaa43
  2. #e0b356
  3. #e3bb69
  4. #e7c47b
  5. #eacc8e
  6. #eed5a1
  7. #f1ddb4
  8. #f5e6c7
  9. #f8eed9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcaa43 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcaa43
  2. #d3a649
  3. #caa24f
  4. #c09d55
  5. #b7995b
  6. #ae9562
  7. #a59168
  8. #9c8d6e
  9. #928874
  10. #89847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4af92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfaa36 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb747 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee9b95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbaa3c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2b245 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a17c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcaa43 {
  color: #dcaa43;
}
Background
.bg-dcaa43 {
  background-color: #dcaa43;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcaa43 {
  border: 2px solid #dcaa43;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcaa43;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 170 67;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcaa43 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcaa43, #c1dc43);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcaa43 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 170 67 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.47 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.73 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.07 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.43 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.33 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.44 #2355bc Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dcaa43  rgb(220, 170, 67)  hsl(40, 69%, 56%)  Goldenrod
#4375dc  rgb(67, 117, 220)  hsl(220, 69%, 56%)  Brandeis Blue
#43dcaa  rgb(67, 220, 170)  hsl(160, 69%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#aa43dc  rgb(170, 67, 220)  hsl(280, 69%, 56%)  Electric Purple