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#DFAA24

#dfaa24 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfaa24 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 66.67% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.77% magenta, 83.86% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 42.99°, with 74.5% saturation and 50.78% 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 9.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.39.

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Relative luminance0.4456

Complementary

  1. #dfaa24
  2. #2459df

Split complementary

  1. #dfaa24
  2. #24b7df
  3. #4c24df

Analogous

  1. #df4c24
  2. #dfaa24
  3. #b7df24

Triadic

  1. #dfaa24
  2. #24dfaa
  3. #aa24df

Tetradic

  1. #dfaa24
  2. #59df24
  3. #2459df
  4. #aa24df

Square

  1. #dfaa24
  2. #24df4c
  3. #2459df
  4. #df24b7

Monochromatic

  1. #5c460e
  2. #9f7917
  3. #dfaa24
  4. #e9c467
  5. #f3dea9

Shades

#dfaa24 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfaa24
  2. #c99920
  3. #b2881d
  4. #9c7719
  5. #866616
  6. #705512
  7. #59440e
  8. #43330b
  9. #2d2207
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfaa24 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfaa24
  2. #e2b33a
  3. #e5bb50
  4. #e9c466
  5. #eccc7c
  6. #efd592
  7. #f2dda7
  8. #f5e6bd
  9. #f9eed3
  10. #fcf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfaa24 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfaa24
  2. #d6a62d
  3. #cca236
  4. #c39d40
  5. #b99949
  6. #b09552
  7. #a6915b
  8. #9d8d64
  9. #93886e
  10. #8a8477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6af8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1aa00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb82c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f39992 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceaa0f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b229 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba075 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfaa24 {
  color: #dfaa24;
}
Background
.bg-dfaa24 {
  background-color: #dfaa24;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfaa24 {
  border: 2px solid #dfaa24;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfaa24;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 170 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 75% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfaa24 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfaa24, #b7df24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfaa24 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 170 36 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.39 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.32 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.41 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.20 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.79 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.88 #2055db Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfaa24  rgb(223, 170, 36)  hsl(43, 75%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#2459df  rgb(36, 89, 223)  hsl(223, 75%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#24dfaa  rgb(36, 223, 170)  hsl(163, 75%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#aa24df  rgb(170, 36, 223)  hsl(283, 75%, 51%)  Dark Orchid