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#DCAB3E

#dcab3e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcab3e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 67.06% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.27% magenta, 71.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.39°, with 69.3% saturation and 55.29% 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 9.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.61.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4469

Complementary

  1. #dcab3e
  2. #3e6fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcab3e
  2. #3ebedc
  3. #5c3edc

Analogous

  1. #dc5c3e
  2. #dcab3e
  3. #bedc3e

Triadic

  1. #dcab3e
  2. #3edcab
  3. #ab3edc

Tetradic

  1. #dcab3e
  2. #6fdc3e
  3. #3e6fdc
  4. #ab3edc

Square

  1. #dcab3e
  2. #3edc5c
  3. #3e6fdc
  4. #dc3ebe

Monochromatic

  1. #6d5114
  2. #ae8220
  3. #dcab3e
  4. #e8c77f
  5. #f3e3bf

Shades

#dcab3e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcab3e
  2. #c69a38
  3. #b08932
  4. #9a782b
  5. #846725
  6. #6e561f
  7. #584419
  8. #423313
  9. #2c220c
  10. #161106
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcab3e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcab3e
  2. #e0b351
  3. #e3bc65
  4. #e7c478
  5. #eacd8b
  6. #eed59f
  7. #f1ddb2
  8. #f5e6c5
  9. #f8eed8
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcab3e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcab3e
  2. #d3a745
  3. #caa24b
  4. #c09e52
  5. #b79a58
  6. #ae965f
  7. #a59166
  8. #9c8d6c
  9. #928973
  10. #898479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4af92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0ab2f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb843 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee9b95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccab36 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2b341 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a27b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcab3e {
  color: #dcab3e;
}
Background
.bg-dcab3e {
  background-color: #dcab3e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcab3e {
  border: 2px solid #dcab3e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcab3e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 171 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcab3e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcab3e, #bedc3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcab3e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 171 62 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.61 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.95 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.77 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.97 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.67 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.18 #2354c1 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dcab3e  rgb(220, 171, 62)  hsl(41, 69%, 55%)  Goldenrod
#3e6fdc  rgb(62, 111, 220)  hsl(221, 69%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3edcab  rgb(62, 220, 171)  hsl(161, 69%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#ab3edc  rgb(171, 62, 220)  hsl(281, 69%, 55%)  Dark Orchid