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#D9B33F

#d9b33f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d9b33f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 70.2% green and 24.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.51% magenta, 70.97% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 45.19°, with 66.96% saturation and 54.9% 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 10.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 1.25.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4735

Complementary

  1. #d9b33f
  2. #3f65d9

Split complementary

  1. #d9b33f
  2. #3fb2d9
  3. #663fd9

Analogous

  1. #d9663f
  2. #d9b33f
  3. #b2d93f

Triadic

  1. #d9b33f
  2. #3fd9b3
  3. #b33fd9

Tetradic

  1. #d9b33f
  2. #65d93f
  3. #3f65d9
  4. #b33fd9

Square

  1. #d9b33f
  2. #3fd966
  3. #3f65d9
  4. #d93fb2

Monochromatic

  1. #6a5515
  2. #aa8822
  3. #d9b33f
  4. #e6cc7f
  5. #f2e6bf

Shades

#d9b33f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9b33f
  2. #c3a139
  3. #ae8f32
  4. #987d2c
  5. #826b26
  6. #6d5a20
  7. #574819
  8. #413613
  9. #2b240d
  10. #161206
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9b33f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9b33f
  2. #ddbb52
  3. #e1c265
  4. #e4ca79
  5. #e8d18c
  6. #ecd99f
  7. #f0e1b2
  8. #f4e8c5
  9. #f7f0d9
  10. #fbf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9b33f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9b33f
  2. #d0ae46
  3. #c7a94c
  4. #bea453
  5. #b59f59
  6. #ad9a60
  7. #a49466
  8. #9b8f6d
  9. #928a73
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b596 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b12f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d0bb45 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eba49b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceb236 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b843 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4aa81 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9b33f {
  color: #d9b33f;
}
Background
.bg-d9b33f {
  background-color: #d9b33f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9b33f {
  border: 2px solid #d9b33f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9b33f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 179 63;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 67% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9b33f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9b33f, #b2d93f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9b33f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 179 63 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.25 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.55 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.53 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.12 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.85 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.27 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 7.54 #264cc0 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#d9b33f  rgb(217, 179, 63)  hsl(45, 67%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#3f65d9  rgb(63, 101, 217)  hsl(225, 67%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3fd9b3  rgb(63, 217, 179)  hsl(165, 67%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b33fd9  rgb(179, 63, 217)  hsl(285, 67%, 55%)  Medium Orchid