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#DFAA02

#dfaa02 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfaa02 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 66.67% green and 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.77% magenta, 99.1% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 45.61°, with 98.22% saturation and 44.12% 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 9.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.23.

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Relative luminance0.4444

Complementary

  1. #dfaa02
  2. #0237df

Split complementary

  1. #dfaa02
  2. #02a6df
  3. #3c02df

Analogous

  1. #df3c02
  2. #dfaa02
  3. #a6df02

Triadic

  1. #dfaa02
  2. #02dfaa
  3. #aa02df

Tetradic

  1. #dfaa02
  2. #37df02
  3. #0237df
  4. #aa02df

Square

  1. #dfaa02
  2. #02df3c
  3. #0237df
  4. #df02a6

Monochromatic

  1. #473601
  2. #937001
  3. #dfaa02
  4. #fdcc30
  5. #fedf7c

Shades

#dfaa02 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfaa02
  2. #c99902
  3. #b28802
  4. #9c7701
  5. #866601
  6. #705501
  7. #594401
  8. #433301
  9. #2d2200
  10. #161100
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfaa02 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfaa02
  2. #e2b31b
  3. #e5bb35
  4. #e9c44e
  5. #eccc67
  6. #efd581
  7. #f2dd9a
  8. #f5e6b3
  9. #f9eecc
  10. #fcf7e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfaa02 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfaa02
  2. #d6a60f
  3. #cca21b
  4. #c39d28
  5. #b99934
  6. #b09541
  7. #a6914e
  8. #9d8d5a
  9. #938867
  10. #8a8473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6af8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb818 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f39991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceaa00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b211 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfaa02 {
  color: #dfaa02;
}
Background
.bg-dfaa02 {
  background-color: #dfaa02;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfaa02 {
  border: 2px solid #dfaa02;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfaa02;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 170 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 98% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfaa02 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfaa02, #a6df02);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfaa02 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 170 2 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.23 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.03 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.58 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.29 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.43 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.61 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.62 #2055fd Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfaa02  rgb(223, 170, 2)  hsl(46, 98%, 44%)  Goldenrod
#0237df  rgb(2, 55, 223)  hsl(226, 98%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#02dfaa  rgb(2, 223, 170)  hsl(166, 98%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#aa02df  rgb(170, 2, 223)  hsl(286, 98%, 44%)  Dark Orchid