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#D9BB2E

#d9bb2e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d9bb2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 73.33% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.82% magenta, 78.8% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 49.47°, 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 11.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.59.

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Relative luminance0.5049

Complementary

  1. #d9bb2e
  2. #2e4cd9

Split complementary

  1. #d9bb2e
  2. #2ea2d9
  3. #652ed9

Analogous

  1. #d9652e
  2. #d9bb2e
  3. #a2d92e

Triadic

  1. #d9bb2e
  2. #2ed9bb
  3. #bb2ed9

Tetradic

  1. #d9bb2e
  2. #4cd92e
  3. #2e4cd9
  4. #bb2ed9

Square

  1. #d9bb2e
  2. #2ed965
  3. #2e4cd9
  4. #d92ea2

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5011
  2. #9e871d
  3. #d9bb2e
  4. #e5d06f
  5. #f1e5af

Shades

#d9bb2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9bb2e
  2. #c3a829
  3. #ae9625
  4. #988320
  5. #82701c
  6. #6d5e17
  7. #574b12
  8. #41380e
  9. #2b2509
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9bb2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9bb2e
  2. #ddc243
  3. #e1c958
  4. #e4cf6d
  5. #e8d682
  6. #ecdd97
  7. #f0e4ab
  8. #f4ebc0
  9. #f7f1d5
  10. #fbf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9bb2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9bb2e
  2. #d0b536
  3. #c7af3e
  4. #bea947
  5. #b5a34f
  6. #ad9e57
  7. #a4985f
  8. #9b9267
  9. #928c70
  10. #898678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8bc98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb707 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c038 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebaca1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b91d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8be34 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4b282 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9bb2e {
  color: #d9bb2e;
}
Background
.bg-d9bb2e {
  background-color: #d9bb2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9bb2e {
  border: 2px solid #d9bb2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9bb2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 187 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 69% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9bb2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9bb2e, #a2d92e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9bb2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 187 46 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.10 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.90 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.52 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.53 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.23 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.75 #2644d1 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d9bb2e  rgb(217, 187, 46)  hsl(49, 69%, 52%)  Old Gold
#2e4cd9  rgb(46, 76, 217)  hsl(229, 69%, 52%)  Iris
#2ed9bb  rgb(46, 217, 187)  hsl(169, 69%, 52%)  Turquoise
#bb2ed9  rgb(187, 46, 217)  hsl(289, 69%, 52%)  Electric Purple