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#daaa00

a dark, electric yellow · cool · closest name: orange

RGB
218, 170, 0
HSL
47°, 100%, 43%
CMYK
0, 22, 100, 15
Luminance
0.4365

Every format

HEX#daaa00
RGBrgb(218, 170, 0)
HSLhsl(47, 100%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22%, 100%, 15%)
LABlab(72.0 5.4 75.0)
LCHlch(72.0 75.2 85.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.761 0.155 88.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #daaa00;
background-color: #daaa00;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#daaa00] bg-[#daaa00]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #daaa00;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.667, blue: 0.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#daaa00")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#daaa00 on white: 2.16:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#daaa00 on black: 9.73:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red85.5%
Green66.7%
Blue0.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta22.0%
Yellow100.0%
Key (black)14.5%

Color previews

#daaa00 text on a black background

contrast 9.73:1

Card sample

#daaa00 text on a white background

contrast 2.16:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #daaa00;
Background color
Panel with #daaa00 background
background-color: #daaa00;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #daaa00;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 170, 0, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 170, 0, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #daaa00;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daaa00, #78DA00);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #daaa00

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #daaa00 in the Color Lab