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#DCAC3F

#dcac3f ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcac3f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 67.45% green and 24.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.82% magenta, 71.36% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 41.66°, with 69.16% saturation and 55.49% 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 10.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.79.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4508

Complementary

  1. #dcac3f
  2. #3f6fdc

Split complementary

  1. #dcac3f
  2. #3fbddc
  3. #5e3fdc

Analogous

  1. #dc5e3f
  2. #dcac3f
  3. #bddc3f

Triadic

  1. #dcac3f
  2. #3fdcac
  3. #ac3fdc

Tetradic

  1. #dcac3f
  2. #6fdc3f
  3. #3f6fdc
  4. #ac3fdc

Square

  1. #dcac3f
  2. #3fdc5e
  3. #3f6fdc
  4. #dc3fbd

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5214
  2. #af8320
  3. #dcac3f
  4. #e8c880
  5. #f4e4c0

Shades

#dcac3f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcac3f
  2. #c69b39
  3. #b08a32
  4. #9a782c
  5. #846726
  6. #6e5620
  7. #584519
  8. #423413
  9. #2c220d
  10. #161106
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcac3f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcac3f
  2. #e0b452
  3. #e3bd65
  4. #e7c579
  5. #eacd8c
  6. #eed69f
  7. #f1deb2
  8. #f5e6c5
  9. #f8eed9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcac3f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcac3f
  2. #d3a846
  3. #caa34c
  4. #c09f53
  5. #b79a59
  6. #ae9660
  7. #a59266
  8. #9c8d6d
  9. #928973
  10. #89847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b093 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1ac30 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb844 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee9d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccac37 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b342 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a37c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcac3f {
  color: #dcac3f;
}
Background
.bg-dcac3f {
  background-color: #dcac3f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcac3f {
  border: 2px solid #dcac3f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcac3f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 172 63;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcac3f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcac3f, #bddc3f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcac3f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 172 63 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.79 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.43 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.66 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.09 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.20 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.85 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 7.02 #2353c0 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dcac3f  rgb(220, 172, 63)  hsl(42, 69%, 55%)  Goldenrod
#3f6fdc  rgb(63, 111, 220)  hsl(222, 69%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3fdcac  rgb(63, 220, 172)  hsl(162, 69%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#ac3fdc  rgb(172, 63, 220)  hsl(282, 69%, 55%)  Electric Purple