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#DDA421

#dda421 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dda421 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 64.31% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.79% magenta, 85.07% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 41.81°, with 74.02% saturation and 49.8% 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 9.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.16.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4203

Complementary

  1. #dda421
  2. #215add

Split complementary

  1. #dda421
  2. #21b8dd
  3. #4621dd

Analogous

  1. #dd4621
  2. #dda421
  3. #b8dd21

Triadic

  1. #dda421
  2. #21dda4
  3. #a421dd

Tetradic

  1. #dda421
  2. #5add21
  3. #215add
  4. #a421dd

Square

  1. #dda421
  2. #21dd46
  3. #215add
  4. #dd21b8

Monochromatic

  1. #58410d
  2. #9a7317
  3. #dda421
  4. #e8bf63
  5. #f2daa5

Shades

#dda421 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dda421
  2. #c7941e
  3. #b1831a
  4. #9b7317
  5. #856214
  6. #6f5211
  7. #58420d
  8. #42310a
  9. #2c2107
  10. #161003
  11. #000000

Tints

#dda421 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dda421
  2. #e0ad37
  3. #e4b64d
  4. #e7bf64
  5. #ebc87a
  6. #eed290
  7. #f1dba6
  8. #f5e4bc
  9. #f8edd3
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dda421 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dda421
  2. #d4a02b
  3. #ca9d34
  4. #c1993e
  5. #b89647
  6. #af9251
  7. #a58e5a
  8. #9c8b64
  9. #93876d
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2aa8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b329 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f1938d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa50b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1ad26 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e99a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dda421 {
  color: #dda421;
}
Background
.bg-dda421 {
  background-color: #dda421;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dda421 {
  border: 2px solid #dda421;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dda421;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 164 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 74% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dda421 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dda421, #b8dd21);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dda421 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 164 33 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.16 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.00 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.43 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.46 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.77 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.75 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.81 #225bde Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dda421  rgb(221, 164, 33)  hsl(42, 74%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#215add  rgb(33, 90, 221)  hsl(222, 74%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#21dda4  rgb(33, 221, 164)  hsl(162, 74%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a421dd  rgb(164, 33, 221)  hsl(282, 74%, 50%)  Dark Orchid