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#DCAE20

#dcae20 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcae20 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 68.24% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.91% magenta, 85.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 45.32°, with 74.6% saturation and 49.41% 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 10.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.72.

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Relative luminance0.4559

Complementary

  1. #dcae20
  2. #204edc

Split complementary

  1. #dcae20
  2. #20acdc
  3. #5020dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5020
  2. #dcae20
  3. #acdc20

Triadic

  1. #dcae20
  2. #20dcae
  3. #ae20dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcae20
  2. #4edc20
  3. #204edc
  4. #ae20dc

Square

  1. #dcae20
  2. #20dc50
  3. #204edc
  4. #dc20ac

Monochromatic

  1. #56440d
  2. #997916
  3. #dcae20
  4. #e8c761
  5. #f2dea3

Shades

#dcae20 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcae20
  2. #c69d1d
  3. #b08b1a
  4. #9a7a16
  5. #846813
  6. #6e5710
  7. #58460d
  8. #42340a
  9. #2c2306
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcae20 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcae20
  2. #e0b636
  3. #e3be4d
  4. #e7c663
  5. #eace79
  6. #eed790
  7. #f1dfa6
  8. #f5e7bc
  9. #f8efd2
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcae20 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcae20
  2. #d3a92a
  3. #caa533
  4. #c0a03d
  5. #b79c46
  6. #ae9750
  7. #a5925a
  8. #9c8e63
  9. #92896d
  10. #898576
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b290 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb92b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef9e95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cead03 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b527 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a477 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcae20 {
  color: #dcae20;
}
Background
.bg-dcae20 {
  background-color: #dcae20;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcae20 {
  border: 2px solid #dcae20;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcae20;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 174 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcae20 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcae20, #acdc20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcae20 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 174 32 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.72 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.75 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.16 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.60 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.76 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.55 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.78 #2351df Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dcae20  rgb(220, 174, 32)  hsl(45, 75%, 49%)  Metallic Gold
#204edc  rgb(32, 78, 220)  hsl(225, 75%, 49%)  Sapphire
#20dcae  rgb(32, 220, 174)  hsl(165, 75%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#ae20dc  rgb(174, 32, 220)  hsl(285, 75%, 49%)  Dark Orchid