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#DDAA3D

#ddaa3d ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddaa3d 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 23.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 72.4% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 40.87°, with 70.18% saturation and 55.29% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.49.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4446

Complementary

  1. #ddaa3d
  2. #3d70dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddaa3d
  2. #3dc0dd
  3. #5a3ddd

Analogous

  1. #dd5a3d
  2. #ddaa3d
  3. #c0dd3d

Triadic

  1. #ddaa3d
  2. #3dddaa
  3. #aa3ddd

Tetradic

  1. #ddaa3d
  2. #70dd3d
  3. #3d70dd
  4. #aa3ddd

Square

  1. #ddaa3d
  2. #3ddd5a
  3. #3d70dd
  4. #dd3dc0

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5113
  2. #af811f
  3. #ddaa3d
  4. #e8c77e
  5. #f4e3bf

Shades

#ddaa3d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddaa3d
  2. #c79937
  3. #b18831
  4. #9b772b
  5. #856625
  6. #6f551f
  7. #584418
  8. #423312
  9. #2c220c
  10. #161106
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddaa3d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddaa3d
  2. #e0b350
  3. #e4bb64
  4. #e7c477
  5. #ebcc8b
  6. #eed59e
  7. #f1ddb1
  8. #f5e6c5
  9. #f8eed8
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddaa3d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddaa3d
  2. #d4a644
  3. #caa24a
  4. #c19d51
  5. #b89958
  6. #af955f
  7. #a59165
  8. #9c8d6c
  9. #938873
  10. #898479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5af92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfaa2e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb742 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09a94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccaa34 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b240 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8a17a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddaa3d {
  color: #ddaa3d;
}
Background
.bg-ddaa3d {
  background-color: #ddaa3d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddaa3d {
  border: 2px solid #ddaa3d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddaa3d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 170 61;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 70% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddaa3d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddaa3d, #c0dd3d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddaa3d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 170 61 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.49 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.11 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.52 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.20 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.56 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.11 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.44 #2255c2 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ddaa3d  rgb(221, 170, 61)  hsl(41, 70%, 55%)  Goldenrod
#3d70dd  rgb(61, 112, 221)  hsl(221, 70%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3dddaa  rgb(61, 221, 170)  hsl(161, 70%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#aa3ddd  rgb(170, 61, 221)  hsl(281, 70%, 55%)  Dark Orchid