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#DFA501

#dfa501 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfa501 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 64.71% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.01% magenta, 99.55% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 44.32°, with 99.11% saturation and 43.92% 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 9.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.58.

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Relative luminance0.426

Complementary

  1. #dfa501
  2. #013bdf

Split complementary

  1. #dfa501
  2. #01aadf
  3. #3601df

Analogous

  1. #df3601
  2. #dfa501
  3. #aadf01

Triadic

  1. #dfa501
  2. #01dfa5
  3. #a501df

Tetradic

  1. #dfa501
  2. #3bdf01
  3. #013bdf
  4. #a501df

Square

  1. #dfa501
  2. #01df36
  3. #013bdf
  4. #df01aa

Monochromatic

  1. #473400
  2. #936d01
  3. #dfa501
  4. #fec82e
  5. #fedc7b

Shades

#dfa501 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfa501
  2. #c99501
  3. #b28401
  4. #9c7401
  5. #866301
  6. #705301
  7. #594200
  8. #433200
  9. #2d2100
  10. #161100
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfa501 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfa501
  2. #e2ae1a
  3. #e5b734
  4. #e9c04d
  5. #ecc967
  6. #efd280
  7. #f2db99
  8. #f5e4b3
  9. #f9edcc
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfa501 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfa501
  2. #d6a10e
  3. #cc9e1a
  4. #c39a27
  5. #b99634
  6. #b09341
  7. #a68f4d
  8. #9d8b5a
  9. #938767
  10. #8a8473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4ab8a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bda600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb515 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3938c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3af0f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb9b6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfa501 {
  color: #dfa501;
}
Background
.bg-dfa501 {
  background-color: #dfa501;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfa501 {
  border: 2px solid #dfa501;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfa501;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 165 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 99% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfa501 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfa501, #aadf01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfa501 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 165 1 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.58 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.67 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.08 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.86 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.28 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.83 #205afe Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfa501  rgb(223, 165, 1)  hsl(44, 99%, 44%)  Goldenrod
#013bdf  rgb(1, 59, 223)  hsl(224, 99%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#01dfa5  rgb(1, 223, 165)  hsl(164, 99%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#a501df  rgb(165, 1, 223)  hsl(284, 99%, 44%)  Dark Violet