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#DEAD42

#dead42 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dead42 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 25.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.07% magenta, 70.27% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 41.15°, with 70.27% saturation and 56.47% 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 10.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 3.11.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4581

Complementary

  1. #dead42
  2. #4273de

Split complementary

  1. #dead42
  2. #42c1de
  3. #5f42de

Analogous

  1. #de5f42
  2. #dead42
  3. #c1de42

Triadic

  1. #dead42
  2. #42dead
  3. #ad42de

Tetradic

  1. #dead42
  2. #73de42
  3. #4273de
  4. #ad42de

Square

  1. #dead42
  2. #42de5f
  3. #4273de
  4. #de42c1

Monochromatic

  1. #735514
  2. #b4851f
  3. #dead42
  4. #e9c983
  5. #f5e6c4

Shades

#dead42 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dead42
  2. #c89c3b
  3. #b28a35
  4. #9b792e
  5. #856828
  6. #6f5721
  7. #59451a
  8. #433414
  9. #2c230d
  10. #161107
  11. #000000

Tints

#dead42 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dead42
  2. #e1b555
  3. #e5bd68
  4. #e8c67b
  5. #ebce8e
  6. #efd6a1
  7. #f2deb3
  8. #f5e6c6
  9. #f8efd9
  10. #fcf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dead42 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dead42
  2. #d5a948
  3. #cba44e
  4. #c2a055
  5. #b89b5b
  6. #af9761
  7. #a69267
  8. #9c8e6d
  9. #938974
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b194 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ad34 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceba46 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f09e97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cead3a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b545 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9a47e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dead42 {
  color: #dead42;
}
Background
.bg-dead42 {
  background-color: #dead42;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dead42 {
  border: 2px solid #dead42;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dead42;
  --color-primary-rgb: 222 173 66;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 70% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dead42 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dead42, #c1de42);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dead42 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(222 173 66 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.45 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.06 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.81 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.90 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.18 #2152bd Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dead42  rgb(222, 173, 66)  hsl(41, 70%, 56%)  Goldenrod
#4273de  rgb(66, 115, 222)  hsl(221, 70%, 56%)  Brandeis Blue
#42dead  rgb(66, 222, 173)  hsl(161, 70%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#ad42de  rgb(173, 66, 222)  hsl(281, 70%, 56%)  Electric Purple