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#DFA003

#dfa003 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfa003 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 62.75% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.25% magenta, 98.65% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 42.82°, with 97.35% saturation and 44.31% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.64.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4084

Complementary

  1. #dfa003
  2. #0342df

Split complementary

  1. #dfa003
  2. #03b0df
  3. #3203df

Analogous

  1. #df3203
  2. #dfa003
  3. #b0df03

Triadic

  1. #dfa003
  2. #03dfa0
  3. #a003df

Tetradic

  1. #dfa003
  2. #42df03
  3. #0342df
  4. #a003df

Square

  1. #dfa003
  2. #03df32
  3. #0342df
  4. #df03b0

Monochromatic

  1. #483401
  2. #946a02
  3. #dfa003
  4. #fcc232
  5. #fdd97e

Shades

#dfa003 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfa003
  2. #c99003
  3. #b28002
  4. #9c7002
  5. #866002
  6. #705002
  7. #594001
  8. #433001
  9. #2d2001
  10. #161000
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfa003 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfa003
  2. #e2aa1c
  3. #e5b335
  4. #e9bd4f
  5. #ecc668
  6. #efd081
  7. #f2d99a
  8. #f5e3b3
  9. #f9eccd
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfa003 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfa003
  2. #d69d10
  3. #cc9a1c
  4. #c39629
  5. #b99335
  6. #b09042
  7. #a68d4e
  8. #9d8a5b
  9. #938667
  10. #8a8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2a788 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7b215 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f38e88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9a100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d1ab0f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb956b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfa003 {
  color: #dfa003;
}
Background
.bg-dfa003 {
  background-color: #dfa003;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfa003 {
  border: 2px solid #dfa003;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfa003;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 160 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 97% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfa003 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfa003, #b0df03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfa003 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 160 3 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.64 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.20 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.26 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.91 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.94 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 7.40 #205ffc Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfa003  rgb(223, 160, 3)  hsl(43, 97%, 44%)  Goldenrod
#0342df  rgb(3, 66, 223)  hsl(223, 97%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#03dfa0  rgb(3, 223, 160)  hsl(163, 97%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#a003df  rgb(160, 3, 223)  hsl(283, 97%, 44%)  Dark Violet