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#DFAA36

#dfaa36 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfaa36 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 21.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.77% magenta, 75.78% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 41.18°, with 72.53% saturation and 54.31% 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 9.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.

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Relative luminance0.447

Complementary

  1. #dfaa36
  2. #366bdf

Split complementary

  1. #dfaa36
  2. #36c0df
  3. #5536df

Analogous

  1. #df5536
  2. #dfaa36
  3. #c0df36

Triadic

  1. #dfaa36
  2. #36dfaa
  3. #aa36df

Tetradic

  1. #dfaa36
  2. #6bdf36
  3. #366bdf
  4. #aa36df

Square

  1. #dfaa36
  2. #36df55
  3. #366bdf
  4. #df36c0

Monochromatic

  1. #6b4f11
  2. #ad7f1c
  3. #dfaa36
  4. #eac678
  5. #f4e2ba

Shades

#dfaa36 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfaa36
  2. #c99931
  3. #b2882b
  4. #9c7726
  5. #866620
  6. #70551b
  7. #594416
  8. #433310
  9. #2d220b
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfaa36 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfaa36
  2. #e2b34a
  3. #e5bb5e
  4. #e9c472
  5. #eccc86
  6. #efd59b
  7. #f2ddaf
  8. #f5e6c3
  9. #f9eed7
  10. #fcf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfaa36 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfaa36
  2. #d6a63d
  3. #cca245
  4. #c39d4c
  5. #b99954
  6. #b0955b
  7. #a69162
  8. #9d8d6a
  9. #938871
  10. #8a8479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6af91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0aa23 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb83b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f29a93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdaa2c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b339 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eba079 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfaa36 {
  color: #dfaa36;
}
Background
.bg-dfaa36 {
  background-color: #dfaa36;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfaa36 {
  border: 2px solid #dfaa36;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfaa36;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 170 54;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 73% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfaa36 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfaa36, #c0df36);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfaa36 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 170 54 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.00 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.96 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.67 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 4.82 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 5.77 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.98 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 7.27 #2055c9 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfaa36  rgb(223, 170, 54)  hsl(41, 73%, 54%)  Goldenrod
#366bdf  rgb(54, 107, 223)  hsl(221, 73%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#36dfaa  rgb(54, 223, 170)  hsl(161, 73%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#aa36df  rgb(170, 54, 223)  hsl(281, 73%, 54%)  Dark Orchid