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#DFA40C

#dfa40c ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfa40c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 64.31% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.46% magenta, 94.62% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 43.22°, with 89.79% saturation and 46.08% 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 9.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.55.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4227

Complementary

  1. #dfa40c
  2. #0c47df

Split complementary

  1. #dfa40c
  2. #0cb1df
  3. #3a0cdf

Analogous

  1. #df3a0c
  2. #dfa40c
  3. #b1df0c

Triadic

  1. #dfa40c
  2. #0cdfa4
  3. #a40cdf

Tetradic

  1. #dfa40c
  2. #47df0c
  3. #0c47df
  4. #a40cdf

Square

  1. #dfa40c
  2. #0cdf3a
  3. #0c47df
  4. #df0cb1

Monochromatic

  1. #4e3904
  2. #966f08
  3. #dfa40c
  4. #f5c343
  5. #f9da8b

Shades

#dfa40c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfa40c
  2. #c9940b
  3. #b2830a
  4. #9c7308
  5. #866207
  6. #705206
  7. #594205
  8. #433104
  9. #2d2102
  10. #161001
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfa40c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfa40c
  2. #e2ad24
  3. #e5b63d
  4. #e9bf55
  5. #ecc86d
  6. #efd286
  7. #f2db9e
  8. #f5e4b6
  9. #f9edce
  10. #fcf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfa40c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfa40c
  2. #d6a018
  3. #cc9d23
  4. #c3992f
  5. #b9963a
  6. #b09246
  7. #a68e52
  8. #9d8b5d
  9. #938769
  10. #8a8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3aa8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab41b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3928c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3ae16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb9a6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfa40c {
  color: #dfa40c;
}
Background
.bg-dfa40c {
  background-color: #dfa40c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfa40c {
  border: 2px solid #dfa40c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfa40c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 164 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 90% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfa40c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfa40c, #b1df0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfa40c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 164 12 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.55 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.13 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.51 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.13 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.59 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.62 #205bf3 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfa40c  rgb(223, 164, 12)  hsl(43, 90%, 46%)  Goldenrod
#0c47df  rgb(12, 71, 223)  hsl(223, 90%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#0cdfa4  rgb(12, 223, 164)  hsl(163, 90%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#a40cdf  rgb(164, 12, 223)  hsl(283, 90%, 46%)  Dark Orchid