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#DCAB00

#dcab00 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcab00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 67.06% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.27% magenta, 100% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 46.64°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 9.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4434

Complementary

  1. #dcab00
  2. #0031dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcab00
  2. #009fdc
  3. #3d00dc

Analogous

  1. #dc3d00
  2. #dcab00
  3. #9fdc00

Triadic

  1. #dcab00
  2. #00dcab
  3. #ab00dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcab00
  2. #31dc00
  3. #0031dc
  4. #ab00dc

Square

  1. #dcab00
  2. #00dc3d
  3. #0031dc
  4. #dc009f

Monochromatic

  1. #433400
  2. #907000
  3. #dcab00
  4. #ffcf2a
  5. #ffe076

Shades

#dcab00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcab00
  2. #c69a00
  3. #b08900
  4. #9a7800
  5. #846700
  6. #6e5600
  7. #584400
  8. #423300
  9. #2c2200
  10. #161100
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcab00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcab00
  2. #e0b31a
  3. #e3bc33
  4. #e7c44d
  5. #eacd66
  6. #eed580
  7. #f1dd99
  8. #f5e6b3
  9. #f8eecc
  10. #fcf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcab00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcab00
  2. #d3a70d
  3. #caa21a
  4. #c09e26
  5. #b79a33
  6. #ae9640
  7. #a5914d
  8. #9c8d5a
  9. #928966
  10. #898473
  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 #c4af8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb718 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09a91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdaa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b211 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcab00 {
  color: #dcab00;
}
Background
.bg-dcab00 {
  background-color: #dcab00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcab00 {
  border: 2px solid #dcab00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcab00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 171 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcab00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcab00, #9fdc00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcab00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 171 0 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.85 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.86 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.39 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.65 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.69 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.78 #2354ff Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dcab00  rgb(220, 171, 0)  hsl(47, 100%, 43%)  Goldenrod
#0031dc  rgb(0, 49, 220)  hsl(227, 100%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#00dcab  rgb(0, 220, 171)  hsl(167, 100%, 43%)  Caribbean Green
#ab00dc  rgb(171, 0, 220)  hsl(287, 100%, 43%)  Dark Orchid