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#DDA00A

#dda00a ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dda00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.6% magenta, 95.48% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 42.65°, with 91.34% saturation and 45.29% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.25.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4054

Complementary

  1. #dda00a
  2. #0a47dd

Split complementary

  1. #dda00a
  2. #0ab0dd
  3. #360add

Analogous

  1. #dd360a
  2. #dda00a
  3. #b0dd0a

Triadic

  1. #dda00a
  2. #0adda0
  3. #a00add

Tetradic

  1. #dda00a
  2. #47dd0a
  3. #0a47dd
  4. #a00add

Square

  1. #dda00a
  2. #0add36
  3. #0a47dd
  4. #dd0ab0

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3603
  2. #946b07
  3. #dda00a
  4. #f6c13d
  5. #fad886

Shades

#dda00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dda00a
  2. #c79009
  3. #b18008
  4. #9b7007
  5. #856006
  6. #6f5005
  7. #584004
  8. #423003
  9. #2c2002
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#dda00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dda00a
  2. #e0aa23
  3. #e4b33b
  4. #e7bd54
  5. #ebc66c
  6. #eed085
  7. #f1d99d
  8. #f5e3b6
  9. #f8ecce
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dda00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dda00a
  2. #d49d16
  3. #ca9a22
  4. #c1962d
  5. #b89339
  6. #af9045
  7. #a58d51
  8. #9c8a5d
  9. #938668
  10. #898374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1a688 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6b119 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f18e88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8a100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0aa14 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9966c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dda00a {
  color: #dda00a;
}
Background
.bg-dda00a {
  background-color: #dda00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dda00a {
  border: 2px solid #dda00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dda00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dda00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dda00a, #b0dd0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dda00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.25 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.53 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.60 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.01 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.35 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.36 #225ff5 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dda00a  rgb(221, 160, 10)  hsl(43, 91%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0a47dd  rgb(10, 71, 221)  hsl(223, 91%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0adda0  rgb(10, 221, 160)  hsl(163, 91%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a00add  rgb(160, 10, 221)  hsl(283, 91%, 45%)  Dark Violet