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#D9B310

#d9b310 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d9b310 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 70.2% green and 6.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.51% magenta, 92.63% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 48.66°, with 86.27% saturation and 45.69% 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 10.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.11.

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Relative luminance0.4703

Complementary

  1. #d9b310
  2. #1036d9

Split complementary

  1. #d9b310
  2. #109bd9
  3. #4f10d9

Analogous

  1. #d94f10
  2. #d9b310
  3. #9bd910

Triadic

  1. #d9b310
  2. #10d9b3
  3. #b310d9

Tetradic

  1. #d9b310
  2. #36d910
  3. #1036d9
  4. #b310d9

Square

  1. #d9b310
  2. #10d94f
  3. #1036d9
  4. #d9109b

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3d05
  2. #92780b
  3. #d9b310
  4. #f1d144
  5. #f6e28c

Shades

#d9b310 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9b310
  2. #c3a10e
  3. #ae8f0d
  4. #987d0b
  5. #826b0a
  6. #6d5a08
  7. #574806
  8. #413605
  9. #2b2403
  10. #161202
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9b310 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9b310
  2. #ddbb28
  3. #e1c240
  4. #e4ca58
  5. #e8d170
  6. #ecd988
  7. #f0e19f
  8. #f4e8b7
  9. #f7f0cf
  10. #fbf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9b310 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9b310
  2. #d0ae1b
  3. #c7a926
  4. #bea432
  5. #b59f3d
  6. #ad9a48
  7. #a49453
  8. #9b8f5e
  9. #928a6a
  10. #898575
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b591 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bb22 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eca399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cfb100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5b81c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4aa79 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9b310 {
  color: #d9b310;
}
Background
.bg-d9b310 {
  background-color: #d9b310;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9b310 {
  border: 2px solid #d9b310;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9b310;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 179 16;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 86% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9b310 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9b310, #9bd910);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9b310 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 179 16 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.94 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.03 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.42 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.90 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.13 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.75 #264cef Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#d9b310  rgb(217, 179, 16)  hsl(49, 86%, 46%)  Metallic Gold
#1036d9  rgb(16, 54, 217)  hsl(229, 86%, 46%)  Persian Blue
#10d9b3  rgb(16, 217, 179)  hsl(169, 86%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#b310d9  rgb(179, 16, 217)  hsl(289, 86%, 46%)  Dark Orchid