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#DEA42B

#dea42b ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dea42b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 64.31% green and 16.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.13% magenta, 80.63% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 40.56°, with 73.06% saturation and 51.96% 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 9.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.97.

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Relative luminance0.4225

Complementary

  1. #dea42b
  2. #2b65de

Split complementary

  1. #dea42b
  2. #2bbede
  3. #4b2bde

Analogous

  1. #de4b2b
  2. #dea42b
  3. #bede2b

Triadic

  1. #dea42b
  2. #2bdea4
  3. #a42bde

Tetradic

  1. #dea42b
  2. #65de2b
  3. #2b65de
  4. #a42bde

Square

  1. #dea42b
  2. #2bde4b
  3. #2b65de
  4. #de2bbe

Monochromatic

  1. #61460f
  2. #a37619
  3. #dea42b
  4. #e8c06d
  5. #f3ddaf

Shades

#dea42b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dea42b
  2. #c89427
  3. #b28322
  4. #9b731e
  5. #85621a
  6. #6f5216
  7. #594211
  8. #43310d
  9. #2c2109
  10. #161004
  11. #000000

Tints

#dea42b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dea42b
  2. #e1ad40
  3. #e5b655
  4. #e8bf6b
  5. #ebc880
  6. #efd295
  7. #f2dbaa
  8. #f5e4bf
  9. #f8edd5
  10. #fcf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dea42b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dea42b
  2. #d5a034
  3. #cb9d3c
  4. #c29945
  5. #b8964d
  6. #af9256
  7. #a68e5e
  8. #9c8b67
  9. #93876f
  10. #898478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3aa8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba50f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b431 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2938d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa51d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2ae2f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ea9a73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dea42b {
  color: #dea42b;
}
Background
.bg-dea42b {
  background-color: #dea42b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dea42b {
  border: 2px solid #dea42b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dea42b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 164 43;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 73% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dea42b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dea42b, #bede2b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dea42b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 164 43 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.97 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.42 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.98 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.75 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.79 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.21 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.19 #215bd4 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dea42b  rgb(222, 164, 43)  hsl(41, 73%, 52%)  Goldenrod
#2b65de  rgb(43, 101, 222)  hsl(221, 73%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2bdea4  rgb(43, 222, 164)  hsl(161, 73%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#a42bde  rgb(164, 43, 222)  hsl(281, 73%, 52%)  Dark Orchid