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#D9B00A

#d9b00a ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d9b00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 69.02% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.89% magenta, 95.39% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 48.12°, with 91.19% saturation and 44.51% 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 10.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.94.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.4582

Complementary

  1. #d9b00a
  2. #0a33d9

Split complementary

  1. #d9b00a
  2. #0a9ad9
  3. #490ad9

Analogous

  1. #d9490a
  2. #d9b00a
  3. #9ad90a

Triadic

  1. #d9b00a
  2. #0ad9b0
  3. #b00ad9

Tetradic

  1. #d9b00a
  2. #33d90a
  3. #0a33d9
  4. #b00ad9

Square

  1. #d9b00a
  2. #0ad949
  3. #0a33d9
  4. #d90a9a

Monochromatic

  1. #473903
  2. #907507
  3. #d9b00a
  4. #f6d13a
  5. #f9e283

Shades

#d9b00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9b00a
  2. #c39e09
  3. #ae8d08
  4. #987b07
  5. #826a06
  6. #6d5805
  7. #574604
  8. #413503
  9. #2b2302
  10. #161201
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9b00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9b00a
  2. #ddb823
  3. #e1c03b
  4. #e4c854
  5. #e8d06c
  6. #ecd885
  7. #f0df9d
  8. #f4e7b6
  9. #f7efce
  10. #fbf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9b00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9b00a
  2. #d0ab16
  3. #c7a622
  4. #bea22d
  5. #b59d39
  6. #ad9845
  7. #a49351
  8. #9b8e5d
  9. #928a68
  10. #898574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4b38f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ae00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0b91f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eca096 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceaf00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b618 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5a677 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9b00a {
  color: #d9b00a;
}
Background
.bg-d9b00a {
  background-color: #d9b00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9b00a {
  border: 2px solid #d9b00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9b00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 176 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9b00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9b00a, #9ad90a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9b00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 176 10 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.94 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.73 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.69 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.91 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.70 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.72 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.75 #264ff5 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#d9b00a  rgb(217, 176, 10)  hsl(48, 91%, 45%)  Metallic Gold
#0a33d9  rgb(10, 51, 217)  hsl(228, 91%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0ad9b0  rgb(10, 217, 176)  hsl(168, 91%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#b00ad9  rgb(176, 10, 217)  hsl(288, 91%, 45%)  Dark Orchid