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#DDA42E

#dda42e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dda42e 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 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.79% magenta, 79.19% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 40.46°, with 72.02% saturation and 52.35% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.99.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4212

Complementary

  1. #dda42e
  2. #2e67dd

Split complementary

  1. #dda42e
  2. #2ebedd
  3. #4c2edd

Analogous

  1. #dd4c2e
  2. #dda42e
  3. #bedd2e

Triadic

  1. #dda42e
  2. #2edda4
  3. #a42edd

Tetradic

  1. #dda42e
  2. #67dd2e
  3. #2e67dd
  4. #a42edd

Square

  1. #dda42e
  2. #2edd4c
  3. #2e67dd
  4. #dd2ebe

Monochromatic

  1. #624710
  2. #a4771b
  3. #dda42e
  4. #e8c170
  5. #f2ddb2

Shades

#dda42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dda42e
  2. #c79429
  3. #b18325
  4. #9b7320
  5. #85621c
  6. #6f5217
  7. #584212
  8. #42310e
  9. #2c2109
  10. #161005
  11. #000000

Tints

#dda42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dda42e
  2. #e0ad43
  3. #e4b658
  4. #e7bf6d
  5. #ebc882
  6. #eed297
  7. #f1dbab
  8. #f5e4c0
  9. #f8edd5
  10. #fcf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dda42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dda42e
  2. #d4a036
  3. #ca9d3e
  4. #c19947
  5. #b8964f
  6. #af9257
  7. #a58e5f
  8. #9c8b67
  9. #938770
  10. #898478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2aa8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba516 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8b334 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0938d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a522 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1ae31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e99a73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dda42e {
  color: #dda42e;
}
Background
.bg-dda42e {
  background-color: #dda42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dda42e {
  border: 2px solid #dda42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dda42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dda42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dda42e, #bedd2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dda42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.99 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.62 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.16 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.64 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.07 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.29 #225bd1 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dda42e  rgb(221, 164, 46)  hsl(40, 72%, 52%)  Goldenrod
#2e67dd  rgb(46, 103, 221)  hsl(220, 72%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2edda4  rgb(46, 221, 164)  hsl(160, 72%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a42edd  rgb(164, 46, 221)  hsl(280, 72%, 52%)  Dark Orchid