Goldenrod #DAA520 colour

#DAA520 is the CSS colour goldenrod. RGB 218, 165, 32, HSL 43, 74%, 49%. Black text passes AAA (9.38:1), white fails (2.24:1). Tints, shades and palettes.

#DAA520

CSS name: goldenrod
Nearest other: orange #ffa500
Described as: an amber
Red, green, blue: 218, 165, 32
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.4192 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#daa520`
RGB	`rgb(218, 165, 32)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(85.5% 64.7% 12.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(42.9, 74.4%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(42.9, 85.3%, 85.5%)`
HWB	`hwb(42.9 12.5% 14.5%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 24%, 85%, 15%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(71.32% 12.21 68.67)`
OKLCH	`oklch(75.16% 0.1469 83.99)`
Decimal	`14329120`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.24:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 9.38:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.24:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	9.38:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #DAA520 (9.38:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#ddad34 18%#e1b549 27%#e4be5d 36%#e7c671 45%#ebce85 55%#eed69a 64%#f2deae 73%#f5e6c2 82%#f8efd6 91%#fcf7eb

9%#c6961d 18%#b2871a 27%#9f7817 36%#8b6914 45%#775a11 55%#634b0f 64%#4f3c0c 73%#3b2d09 82%#281e06 91%#140f03

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#daa520 #2055da

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#da4820 #daa520 #b2da20

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#daa520 #20daa5 #a520da

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#daa520 #20b2da #4820da

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#daa520 #20da48 #2055da #da20b2

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#daa520 Protanopia#bba500 Deuteranopia#c8b329 Tritanopia#ed948d Achromatopsia#adadad

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #daa520;`
Background	`background-color: #daa520;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #daa520;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(218 165 32 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #daa520;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daa520, #836313);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #e9c979, #daa520);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #daa520; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #DAA520 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.