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#DEA522

#dea522 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dea522 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 64.71% green and 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.68% magenta, 84.68% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 41.81°, with 74.02% saturation and 50.2% 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 9.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.15.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4256

Complementary

  1. #dea522
  2. #225bde

Split complementary

  1. #dea522
  2. #22b9de
  3. #4722de

Analogous

  1. #de4722
  2. #dea522
  3. #b9de22

Triadic

  1. #dea522
  2. #22dea5
  3. #a522de

Tetradic

  1. #dea522
  2. #5bde22
  3. #225bde
  4. #a522de

Square

  1. #dea522
  2. #22de47
  3. #225bde
  4. #de22b9

Monochromatic

  1. #5a430d
  2. #9c7417
  3. #dea522
  4. #e8c065
  5. #f2dba7

Shades

#dea522 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dea522
  2. #c8951f
  3. #b2841b
  4. #9b7418
  5. #856314
  6. #6f5311
  7. #59420e
  8. #43320a
  9. #2c2107
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#dea522 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dea522
  2. #e1ae38
  3. #e5b74e
  4. #e8c064
  5. #ebc97a
  6. #efd291
  7. #f2dba7
  8. #f5e4bd
  9. #f8edd3
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dea522 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dea522
  2. #d5a12b
  3. #cb9e35
  4. #c29a3e
  5. #b89648
  6. #af9351
  7. #a68f5a
  8. #9c8b64
  9. #93876d
  10. #898477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3ab8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab42a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2948e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba60d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2ae27 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ea9b72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dea522 {
  color: #dea522;
}
Background
.bg-dea522 {
  background-color: #dea522;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dea522 {
  border: 2px solid #dea522;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dea522;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 165 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 74% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dea522 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dea522, #b9de22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dea522 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 165 34 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.15 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.01 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.56 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.23 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.67 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.73 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.70 #215add Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dea522  rgb(222, 165, 34)  hsl(42, 74%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#225bde  rgb(34, 91, 222)  hsl(222, 74%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#22dea5  rgb(34, 222, 165)  hsl(162, 74%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a522de  rgb(165, 34, 222)  hsl(282, 74%, 50%)  Dark Orchid