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#DEAD3C

#dead3c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dead3c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.06% red, 67.84% green and 23.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.07% magenta, 72.97% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 41.85°, with 71.05% 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 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.67.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4574

Complementary

  1. #dead3c
  2. #3c6dde

Split complementary

  1. #dead3c
  2. #3cbede
  3. #5c3cde

Analogous

  1. #de5c3c
  2. #dead3c
  3. #bede3c

Triadic

  1. #dead3c
  2. #3cdead
  3. #ad3cde

Tetradic

  1. #dead3c
  2. #6dde3c
  3. #3c6dde
  4. #ad3cde

Square

  1. #dead3c
  2. #3cde5c
  3. #3c6dde
  4. #de3cbe

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5313
  2. #b0841e
  3. #dead3c
  4. #e9c97d
  5. #f4e4bf

Shades

#dead3c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dead3c
  2. #c89c36
  3. #b28a30
  4. #9b792a
  5. #856824
  6. #6f571e
  7. #594518
  8. #433412
  9. #2c230c
  10. #161106
  11. #000000

Tints

#dead3c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dead3c
  2. #e1b550
  3. #e5bd63
  4. #e8c677
  5. #ebce8a
  6. #efd69e
  7. #f2deb1
  8. #f5e6c5
  9. #f8efd8
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dead3c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dead3c
  2. #d5a943
  3. #cba44a
  4. #c2a050
  5. #b89b57
  6. #af975e
  7. #a69265
  8. #9c8e6c
  9. #938972
  10. #898579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b193 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ad2b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb941 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f19d96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cead33 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b53f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a47c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dead3c {
  color: #dead3c;
}
Background
.bg-dead3c {
  background-color: #dead3c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dead3c {
  border: 2px solid #dead3c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dead3c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 173 60;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 71% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dead3c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dead3c, #bede3c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dead3c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 173 60 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.67 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.03 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.65 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.99 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.46 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.82 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.86 #2152c3 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dead3c  rgb(222, 173, 60)  hsl(42, 71%, 55%)  Goldenrod
#3c6dde  rgb(60, 109, 222)  hsl(222, 71%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3cdead  rgb(60, 222, 173)  hsl(162, 71%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#ad3cde  rgb(173, 60, 222)  hsl(282, 71%, 55%)  Electric Purple