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#DEA91C

#dea91c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dea91c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 66.27% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.87% magenta, 87.39% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 43.61°, with 77.6% saturation and 49.02% 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 9.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.28.

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Relative luminance0.4399

Complementary

  1. #dea91c
  2. #1c51de

Split complementary

  1. #dea91c
  2. #1cb2de
  3. #481cde

Analogous

  1. #de481c
  2. #dea91c
  3. #b2de1c

Triadic

  1. #dea91c
  2. #1cdea9
  3. #a91cde

Tetradic

  1. #dea91c
  2. #51de1c
  3. #1c51de
  4. #a91cde

Square

  1. #dea91c
  2. #1cde48
  3. #1c51de
  4. #de1cb2

Monochromatic

  1. #56420b
  2. #9a7513
  3. #dea91c
  4. #eac45c
  5. #f3dca0

Shades

#dea91c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dea91c
  2. #c89819
  3. #b28716
  4. #9b7614
  5. #856511
  6. #6f550e
  7. #59440b
  8. #433308
  9. #2c2206
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#dea91c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dea91c
  2. #e1b233
  3. #e5ba49
  4. #e8c360
  5. #ebcb77
  6. #efd48e
  7. #f2dda4
  8. #f5e5bb
  9. #f8eed2
  10. #fcf6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dea91c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dea91c
  2. #d5a526
  3. #cba130
  4. #c29d3a
  5. #b89944
  6. #af954e
  7. #a69058
  8. #9c8c62
  9. #93886c
  10. #898476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5ae8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ccb726 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f29891 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cda900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b123 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ea9f74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dea91c {
  color: #dea91c;
}
Background
.bg-dea91c {
  background-color: #dea91c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dea91c {
  border: 2px solid #dea91c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dea91c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 169 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 78% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dea91c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dea91c, #b2de1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dea91c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 169 28 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.93 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.39 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.58 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.25 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.89 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.03 #2156e3 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dea91c  rgb(222, 169, 28)  hsl(44, 78%, 49%)  Goldenrod
#1c51de  rgb(28, 81, 222)  hsl(224, 78%, 49%)  Sapphire
#1cdea9  rgb(28, 222, 169)  hsl(164, 78%, 49%)  Caribbean Green
#a91cde  rgb(169, 28, 222)  hsl(284, 78%, 49%)  Dark Orchid