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#DFA42E

#dfa42e ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dfa42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 64.31% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.46% magenta, 79.37% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 73.44% saturation and 52.75% 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 9.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 2.44.

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Relative luminance0.4244

Complementary

  1. #dfa42e
  2. #2e69df

Split complementary

  1. #dfa42e
  2. #2ec2df
  3. #4c2edf

Analogous

  1. #df4c2e
  2. #dfa42e
  3. #c2df2e

Triadic

  1. #dfa42e
  2. #2edfa4
  3. #a42edf

Tetradic

  1. #dfa42e
  2. #69df2e
  3. #2e69df
  4. #a42edf

Square

  1. #dfa42e
  2. #2edf4c
  3. #2e69df
  4. #df2ec2

Monochromatic

  1. #65480f
  2. #a7781a
  3. #dfa42e
  4. #e9c170
  5. #f3deb3

Shades

#dfa42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfa42e
  2. #c99429
  3. #b28325
  4. #9c7320
  5. #86621c
  6. #705217
  7. #594212
  8. #43310e
  9. #2d2109
  10. #161005
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfa42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfa42e
  2. #e2ad43
  3. #e5b658
  4. #e9bf6d
  5. #ecc882
  6. #efd297
  7. #f2dbab
  8. #f5e4c0
  9. #f9edd5
  10. #fcf6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfa42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfa42e
  2. #d6a036
  3. #cc9d3e
  4. #c39947
  5. #b9964f
  6. #b09257
  7. #a68e5f
  8. #9d8b67
  9. #938770
  10. #8a8478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4aa8d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba616 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9b433 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3938e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #caa522 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2ae31 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb9a73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfa42e {
  color: #dfa42e;
}
Background
.bg-dfa42e {
  background-color: #dfa42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfa42e {
  border: 2px solid #dfa42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfa42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 73% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfa42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfa42e, #c2df2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfa42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 2.44 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.09 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 3.73 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 5.37 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.54 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.84 #205bd1 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfa42e  rgb(223, 164, 46)  hsl(40, 73%, 53%)  Goldenrod
#2e69df  rgb(46, 105, 223)  hsl(220, 73%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#2edfa4  rgb(46, 223, 164)  hsl(160, 73%, 53%)  Caribbean Green
#a42edf  rgb(164, 46, 223)  hsl(280, 73%, 53%)  Dark Orchid