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#DFA522

#dfa522 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfa522 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 64.71% green and 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.01% magenta, 84.75% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 41.59°, with 74.7% saturation and 50.39% 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 9.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.43.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4271

Complementary

  1. #dfa522
  2. #225cdf

Split complementary

  1. #dfa522
  2. #22badf
  3. #4722df

Analogous

  1. #df4722
  2. #dfa522
  3. #badf22

Triadic

  1. #dfa522
  2. #22dfa5
  3. #a522df

Tetradic

  1. #dfa522
  2. #5cdf22
  3. #225cdf
  4. #a522df

Square

  1. #dfa522
  2. #22df47
  3. #225cdf
  4. #df22ba

Monochromatic

  1. #5b430d
  2. #9e7417
  3. #dfa522
  4. #e9c065
  5. #f2dba8

Shades

#dfa522 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfa522
  2. #c9951f
  3. #b2841b
  4. #9c7418
  5. #866314
  6. #705311
  7. #59420e
  8. #43320a
  9. #2d2107
  10. #161103
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfa522 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfa522
  2. #e2ae38
  3. #e5b74e
  4. #e9c064
  5. #ecc97a
  6. #efd291
  7. #f2dba7
  8. #f5e4bd
  9. #f9edd3
  10. #fcf6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfa522 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfa522
  2. #d6a12b
  3. #cc9e35
  4. #c39a3e
  5. #b99648
  6. #b09351
  7. #a68f5a
  8. #9d8b64
  9. #93876d
  10. #8a8477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4ab8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bca600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cab52a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3948e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cba60d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3af27 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb9b72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfa522 {
  color: #dfa522;
}
Background
.bg-dfa522 {
  background-color: #dfa522;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfa522 {
  border: 2px solid #dfa522;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfa522;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 165 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 75% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfa522 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfa522, #badf22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfa522 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 165 34 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.43 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.75 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 4.34 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.34 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.90 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.61 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.48 #205add Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfa522  rgb(223, 165, 34)  hsl(42, 75%, 50%)  Goldenrod
#225cdf  rgb(34, 92, 223)  hsl(222, 75%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#22dfa5  rgb(34, 223, 165)  hsl(162, 75%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#a522df  rgb(165, 34, 223)  hsl(282, 75%, 50%)  Dark Orchid