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#DDAC28

#ddac28 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddac28 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 67.45% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.17% magenta, 81.9% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 43.76°, with 72.69% saturation and 51.18% 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 10.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.08.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4503

Complementary

  1. #ddac28
  2. #2859dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddac28
  2. #28b3dd
  3. #5228dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5228
  2. #ddac28
  3. #b3dd28

Triadic

  1. #ddac28
  2. #28ddac
  3. #ac28dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddac28
  2. #59dd28
  3. #2859dd
  4. #ac28dd

Square

  1. #ddac28
  2. #28dd52
  3. #2859dd
  4. #dd28b3

Monochromatic

  1. #5d480f
  2. #9f7b19
  3. #ddac28
  4. #e7c66a
  5. #f2dfac

Shades

#ddac28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddac28
  2. #c79b24
  3. #b18a20
  4. #9b781c
  5. #856718
  6. #6f5614
  7. #584510
  8. #42340c
  9. #2c2208
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddac28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddac28
  2. #e0b43e
  3. #e4bd53
  4. #e7c569
  5. #ebcd7e
  6. #eed694
  7. #f1dea9
  8. #f5e6bf
  9. #f8eed4
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddac28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddac28
  2. #d4a831
  3. #caa33a
  4. #c19f42
  5. #b89a4b
  6. #af9654
  7. #a5925d
  8. #9c8d66
  9. #93896e
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b090 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ab00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb830 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09c94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdac16 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b32d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a277 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddac28 {
  color: #ddac28;
}
Background
.bg-ddac28 {
  background-color: #ddac28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddac28 {
  border: 2px solid #ddac28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddac28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 172 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 73% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddac28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddac28, #b3dd28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddac28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 172 40 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.08 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.34 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.47 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.49 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.87 #2253d7 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#ddac28  rgb(221, 172, 40)  hsl(44, 73%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#2859dd  rgb(40, 89, 221)  hsl(224, 73%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#28ddac  rgb(40, 221, 172)  hsl(164, 73%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#ac28dd  rgb(172, 40, 221)  hsl(284, 73%, 51%)  Dark Orchid