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#DDAA33

#ddaa33 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddaa33 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 66.67% green and 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 76.92% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 42°, with 71.43% saturation and 53.33% 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 9.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.68.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4436

Complementary

  1. #ddaa33
  2. #3366dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddaa33
  2. #33bbdd
  3. #5533dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5533
  2. #ddaa33
  3. #bbdd33

Triadic

  1. #ddaa33
  2. #33ddaa
  3. #aa33dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddaa33
  2. #66dd33
  3. #3366dd
  4. #aa33dd

Square

  1. #ddaa33
  2. #33dd55
  3. #3366dd
  4. #dd33bb

Monochromatic

  1. #664c11
  2. #a87e1c
  3. #ddaa33
  4. #e8c575
  5. #f3e1b6

Shades

#ddaa33 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddaa33
  2. #c7992e
  3. #b18829
  4. #9b7724
  5. #85661f
  6. #6f551a
  7. #584414
  8. #42330f
  9. #2c220a
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddaa33 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddaa33
  2. #e0b347
  3. #e4bb5c
  4. #e7c470
  5. #ebcc85
  6. #eed599
  7. #f1ddad
  8. #f5e6c2
  9. #f8eed6
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddaa33 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddaa33
  2. #d4a63b
  3. #caa242
  4. #c19d4a
  5. #b89952
  6. #af955a
  7. #a59161
  8. #9c8d69
  9. #938871
  10. #898478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5af90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa1e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb739 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09a93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccaa28 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b237 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a178 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddaa33 {
  color: #ddaa33;
}
Background
.bg-ddaa33 {
  background-color: #ddaa33;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddaa33 {
  border: 2px solid #ddaa33;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddaa33;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 170 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 71% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddaa33 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddaa33, #bbdd33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddaa33 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 170 51 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.68 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.03 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.41 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.25 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.62 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.29 #2255cc Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ddaa33  rgb(221, 170, 51)  hsl(42, 71%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#3366dd  rgb(51, 102, 221)  hsl(222, 71%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#33ddaa  rgb(51, 221, 170)  hsl(162, 71%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#aa33dd  rgb(170, 51, 221)  hsl(282, 71%, 53%)  Dark Orchid