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#DFA901

#dfa901 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfa901 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 66.27% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.22% magenta, 99.55% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 45.41°, 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 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.

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Relative luminance0.4407

Complementary

  1. #dfa901
  2. #0137df

Split complementary

  1. #dfa901
  2. #01a6df
  3. #3a01df

Analogous

  1. #df3a01
  2. #dfa901
  3. #a6df01

Triadic

  1. #dfa901
  2. #01dfa9
  3. #a901df

Tetradic

  1. #dfa901
  2. #37df01
  3. #0137df
  4. #a901df

Square

  1. #dfa901
  2. #01df3a
  3. #0137df
  4. #df01a6

Monochromatic

  1. #473600
  2. #936f01
  3. #dfa901
  4. #fecc2e
  5. #fede7b

Shades

#dfa901 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfa901
  2. #c99801
  3. #b28701
  4. #9c7601
  5. #866501
  6. #705501
  7. #594400
  8. #433300
  9. #2d2200
  10. #161100
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfa901 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfa901
  2. #e2b21a
  3. #e5ba34
  4. #e9c34d
  5. #eccb67
  6. #efd480
  7. #f2dd99
  8. #f5e5b3
  9. #f9eecc
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfa901 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfa901
  2. #d6a50e
  3. #cca11a
  4. #c39d27
  5. #b99934
  6. #b09541
  7. #a6904d
  8. #9d8c5a
  9. #938867
  10. #8a8473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5ae8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0a900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb717 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f39790 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cda900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b210 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb9f72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfa901 {
  color: #dfa901;
}
Background
.bg-dfa901 {
  background-color: #dfa901;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfa901 {
  border: 2px solid #dfa901;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfa901;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 169 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 99% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfa901 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfa901, #a6df01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfa901 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 169 1 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.00 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.27 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.81 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.97 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.56 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.57 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.82 #2056fe Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfa901  rgb(223, 169, 1)  hsl(45, 99%, 44%)  Goldenrod
#0137df  rgb(1, 55, 223)  hsl(225, 99%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#01dfa9  rgb(1, 223, 169)  hsl(165, 99%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#a901df  rgb(169, 1, 223)  hsl(285, 99%, 44%)  Dark Orchid