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#D9B60C

#d9b60c ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d9b60c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 71.37% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.13% magenta, 94.47% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 49.76°, with 89.52% saturation and 44.9% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.79.

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Relative luminance0.4823

Complementary

  1. #d9b60c
  2. #0c2fd9

Split complementary

  1. #d9b60c
  2. #0c95d9
  3. #500cd9

Analogous

  1. #d9500c
  2. #d9b60c
  3. #95d90c

Triadic

  1. #d9b60c
  2. #0cd9b6
  3. #b60cd9

Tetradic

  1. #d9b60c
  2. #2fd90c
  3. #0c2fd9
  4. #b60cd9

Square

  1. #d9b60c
  2. #0cd950
  3. #0c2fd9
  4. #d90c95

Monochromatic

  1. #483c04
  2. #907908
  3. #d9b60c
  4. #f4d53d
  5. #f8e586

Shades

#d9b60c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9b60c
  2. #c3a40b
  3. #ae920a
  4. #987f08
  5. #826d07
  6. #6d5b06
  7. #574905
  8. #413704
  9. #2b2402
  10. #161201
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9b60c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9b60c
  2. #ddbd24
  3. #e1c53d
  4. #e4cc55
  5. #e8d36d
  6. #ecdb86
  7. #f0e29e
  8. #f4e9b6
  9. #f7f0ce
  10. #fbf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9b60c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9b60c
  2. #d0b118
  3. #c7ab23
  4. #bea62f
  5. #b5a03a
  6. #ad9b46
  7. #a49652
  8. #9b905d
  9. #928b69
  10. #898574
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b893 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4bd21 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eba69b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6ba1b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4ad7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9b60c {
  color: #d9b60c;
}
Background
.bg-d9b60c {
  background-color: #d9b60c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9b60c {
  border: 2px solid #d9b60c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9b60c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 182 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9b60c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9b60c, #95d90c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9b60c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 182 12 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.79 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.84 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.59 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.40 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.59 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.94 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.03 #2649f3 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d9b60c  rgb(217, 182, 12)  hsl(50, 90%, 45%)  Old Gold
#0c2fd9  rgb(12, 47, 217)  hsl(230, 90%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0cd9b6  rgb(12, 217, 182)  hsl(170, 90%, 45%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b60cd9  rgb(182, 12, 217)  hsl(290, 90%, 45%)  Dark Orchid