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#D9B52E

#d9b52e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d9b52e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 70.98% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.59% magenta, 78.8% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 47.37°, with 69.23% saturation and 51.57% 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 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.14.

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Relative luminance0.48

Complementary

  1. #d9b52e
  2. #2e52d9

Split complementary

  1. #d9b52e
  2. #2ea7d9
  3. #602ed9

Analogous

  1. #d9602e
  2. #d9b52e
  3. #a7d92e

Triadic

  1. #d9b52e
  2. #2ed9b5
  3. #b52ed9

Tetradic

  1. #d9b52e
  2. #52d92e
  3. #2e52d9
  4. #b52ed9

Square

  1. #d9b52e
  2. #2ed960
  3. #2e52d9
  4. #d92ea7

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4d11
  2. #9e831d
  3. #d9b52e
  4. #e5cc6f
  5. #f1e3af

Shades

#d9b52e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9b52e
  2. #c3a329
  3. #ae9125
  4. #987f20
  5. #826d1c
  6. #6d5b17
  7. #574812
  8. #41360e
  9. #2b2409
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9b52e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9b52e
  2. #ddbc43
  3. #e1c458
  4. #e4cb6d
  5. #e8d382
  6. #ecda97
  7. #f0e1ab
  8. #f4e9c0
  9. #f7f0d5
  10. #fbf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9b52e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9b52e
  2. #d0b036
  3. #c7aa3e
  4. #bea547
  5. #b5a04f
  6. #ad9b57
  7. #a4955f
  8. #9b9067
  9. #928b70
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b795 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b20c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2bd37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eba69c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b31e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5ba34 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4ac7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9b52e {
  color: #d9b52e;
}
Background
.bg-d9b52e {
  background-color: #d9b52e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9b52e {
  border: 2px solid #d9b52e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9b52e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 181 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 69% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9b52e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9b52e, #a7d92e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9b52e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 181 46 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.14 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.91 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.25 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.27 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.03 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.28 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.87 #264ad1 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#d9b52e  rgb(217, 181, 46)  hsl(47, 69%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#2e52d9  rgb(46, 82, 217)  hsl(227, 69%, 52%)  Iris
#2ed9b5  rgb(46, 217, 181)  hsl(167, 69%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b52ed9  rgb(181, 46, 217)  hsl(287, 69%, 52%)  Electric Purple