Palettes / Colors / #DAA41B

#DAA41B — Vivid Yellow

#DAA41B is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #DAA41B when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DAA41B is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #1B51DA; it also sits naturally between #DA441B and #B1DA1B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 64% · Blue 11%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 88% · Key 15%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #DAA41B

.text { color: #DAA41B; }
.background { background-color: #DAA41B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAA41B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 164, 27); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 78%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAA41B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 164, 27, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAA41B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 164, 27, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DAA41B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DAA41B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DAA41B

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #1B51DA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DAA41B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAA41B

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #DAA41B looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DAA41B rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAA41A  ·  #DAA41C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAA41B?

#DAA41B is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 218, 164, 27). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAA41B?

#DAA41B is RGB 218, 164, 27 — HSL 43°, 78%, 48% — CMYK 0%, 25%, 88%, 15%.

What colors go with #DAA41B?

Its complement is #1B51DA; analogous partners are #DA441B and #B1DA1B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAA41B for text?

Black text on #DAA41B has a contrast ratio of 9.31:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.26:1.