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#DFA809

#dfa809 ≈ Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dfa809 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 65.88% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.66% magenta, 95.96% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 44.58°, with 92.24% saturation and 45.49% 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 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Goldenrod (#daa520), ΔE 1.61.

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Relative luminance0.4371

Complementary

  1. #dfa809
  2. #0940df

Split complementary

  1. #dfa809
  2. #09abdf
  3. #3d09df

Analogous

  1. #df3d09
  2. #dfa809
  3. #abdf09

Triadic

  1. #dfa809
  2. #09dfa8
  3. #a809df

Tetradic

  1. #dfa809
  2. #40df09
  3. #0940df
  4. #a809df

Square

  1. #dfa809
  2. #09df3d
  3. #0940df
  4. #df09ab

Monochromatic

  1. #4c3903
  2. #957106
  3. #dfa809
  4. #f7c73d
  5. #fadd87

Shades

#dfa809 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfa809
  2. #c99708
  3. #b28607
  4. #9c7606
  5. #866505
  6. #705405
  7. #594304
  8. #433203
  9. #2d2202
  10. #161101
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfa809 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfa809
  2. #e2b122
  3. #e5b93a
  4. #e9c253
  5. #eccb6b
  6. #efd484
  7. #f2dc9d
  8. #f5e5b5
  9. #f9eece
  10. #fcf6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfa809 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfa809
  2. #d6a415
  3. #cca021
  4. #c39c2d
  5. #b99839
  6. #b09445
  7. #a69050
  8. #9d8c5c
  9. #938868
  10. #8a8474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5ad8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb61b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f3968f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cda800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b115 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb9e71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfa809 {
  color: #dfa809;
}
Background
.bg-dfa809 {
  background-color: #dfa809;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfa809 {
  border: 2px solid #dfa809;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfa809;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 168 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 92% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfa809 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfa809, #abdf09);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfa809 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 168 9 / 0.35);
}

#daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 1.61 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.45 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.00 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 5.48 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 6.07 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 6.76 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.12 #2057f6 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Goldenrod
#dfa809  rgb(223, 168, 9)  hsl(45, 92%, 45%)  Goldenrod
#0940df  rgb(9, 64, 223)  hsl(225, 92%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#09dfa8  rgb(9, 223, 168)  hsl(165, 92%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#a809df  rgb(168, 9, 223)  hsl(285, 92%, 45%)  Dark Orchid