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#D7B42E

#d7b42e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d7b42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.31% red, 70.59% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.28% magenta, 78.6% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 47.57°, with 67.87% saturation and 51.18% 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 10.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 1.96.

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Relative luminance0.4729

Complementary

  1. #d7b42e
  2. #2e51d7

Split complementary

  1. #d7b42e
  2. #2ea6d7
  3. #602ed7

Analogous

  1. #d7602e
  2. #d7b42e
  3. #a6d72e

Triadic

  1. #d7b42e
  2. #2ed7b4
  3. #b42ed7

Tetradic

  1. #d7b42e
  2. #51d72e
  3. #2e51d7
  4. #b42ed7

Square

  1. #d7b42e
  2. #2ed760
  3. #2e51d7
  4. #d72ea6

Monochromatic

  1. #5b4b11
  2. #9b811e
  3. #d7b42e
  4. #e3cb6e
  5. #f0e2ae

Shades

#d7b42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d7b42e
  2. #c2a229
  3. #ac9025
  4. #977e20
  5. #816c1c
  6. #6c5a17
  7. #564812
  8. #41360e
  9. #2b2409
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#d7b42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d7b42e
  2. #dbbc43
  3. #dfc358
  4. #e3cb6d
  5. #e7d282
  6. #ebda97
  7. #efe1ab
  8. #f3e9c0
  9. #f7f0d5
  10. #fbf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d7b42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d7b42e
  2. #ceaf36
  3. #c6aa3e
  4. #bda447
  5. #b49f4f
  6. #ac9a57
  7. #a3955f
  8. #9a9067
  9. #918a70
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b694 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b10d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bb37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9a59b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceb21f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b834 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e2ab7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d7b42e {
  color: #d7b42e;
}
Background
.bg-d7b42e {
  background-color: #d7b42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d7b42e {
  border: 2px solid #d7b42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d7b42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 215 180 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 68% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d7b42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7b42e, #a6d72e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d7b42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(215 180 46 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.96 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.61 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.55 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.68 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.05 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.60 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.63 #284bd1 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#d7b42e  rgb(215, 180, 46)  hsl(48, 68%, 51%)  Metallic Gold
#2e51d7  rgb(46, 81, 215)  hsl(228, 68%, 51%)  Sapphire
#2ed7b4  rgb(46, 215, 180)  hsl(168, 68%, 51%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b42ed7  rgb(180, 46, 215)  hsl(288, 68%, 51%)  Dark Orchid