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#D9B60F

#d9b60f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#d9b60f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.13% magenta, 93.09% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 49.6°, with 87.07% saturation and 45.49% 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 3.72.

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Relative luminance0.4824

Complementary

  1. #d9b60f
  2. #0f32d9

Split complementary

  1. #d9b60f
  2. #0f97d9
  3. #510fd9

Analogous

  1. #d9510f
  2. #d9b60f
  3. #97d90f

Triadic

  1. #d9b60f
  2. #0fd9b6
  3. #b60fd9

Tetradic

  1. #d9b60f
  2. #32d90f
  3. #0f32d9
  4. #b60fd9

Square

  1. #d9b60f
  2. #0fd951
  3. #0f32d9
  4. #d90f97

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3e05
  2. #917a0a
  3. #d9b60f
  4. #f2d443
  5. #f7e48a

Shades

#d9b60f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9b60f
  2. #c3a40e
  3. #ae920c
  4. #987f0b
  5. #826d09
  6. #6d5b08
  7. #574906
  8. #413705
  9. #2b2403
  10. #161202
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9b60f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9b60f
  2. #ddbd27
  3. #e1c53f
  4. #e4cc57
  5. #e8d36f
  6. #ecdb87
  7. #f0e29f
  8. #f4e9b7
  9. #f7f0cf
  10. #fbf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9b60f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9b60f
  2. #d0b11a
  3. #c7ab26
  4. #bea631
  5. #b5a03c
  6. #ad9b48
  7. #a49653
  8. #9b905e
  9. #928b69
  10. #898575
  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 #d4bd23 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eba69b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6ba1c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4ad7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9b60f {
  color: #d9b60f;
}
Background
.bg-d9b60f {
  background-color: #d9b60f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9b60f {
  border: 2px solid #d9b60f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9b60f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 182 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 87% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9b60f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9b60f, #97d90f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9b60f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 182 15 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.72 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.76 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.53 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.38 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.61 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.94 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.99 #2649f0 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d9b60f  rgb(217, 182, 15)  hsl(50, 87%, 45%)  Old Gold
#0f32d9  rgb(15, 50, 217)  hsl(230, 87%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0fd9b6  rgb(15, 217, 182)  hsl(170, 87%, 45%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b60fd9  rgb(182, 15, 217)  hsl(290, 87%, 45%)  Dark Orchid