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#D9C021

#d9c021 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d9c021 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 75.29% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.52% magenta, 84.79% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 51.85°, with 73.6% saturation and 49.02% 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 11.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.04.

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Relative luminance0.5256

Complementary

  1. #d9c021
  2. #213ad9

Split complementary

  1. #d9c021
  2. #2196d9
  3. #6421d9

Analogous

  1. #d96421
  2. #d9c021
  3. #96d921

Triadic

  1. #d9c021
  2. #21d9c0
  3. #c021d9

Tetradic

  1. #d9c021
  2. #3ad921
  3. #213ad9
  4. #c021d9

Square

  1. #d9c021
  2. #21d964
  3. #213ad9
  4. #d92196

Monochromatic

  1. #544b0d
  2. #978517
  3. #d9c021
  4. #e7d460
  5. #f1e6a2

Shades

#d9c021 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9c021
  2. #c3ad1e
  3. #ae9a1a
  4. #988617
  5. #827314
  6. #6d6011
  7. #574d0d
  8. #413a0a
  9. #2b2607
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9c021 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9c021
  2. #ddc637
  3. #e1cd4d
  4. #e4d364
  5. #e8d97a
  6. #ece090
  7. #f0e6a6
  8. #f4ecbc
  9. #f7f2d3
  10. #fbf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9c021 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9c021
  2. #d0ba2b
  3. #c7b334
  4. #bead3e
  5. #b5a647
  6. #ada051
  7. #a49a5a
  8. #9b9364
  9. #928d6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cac09a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4bb00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbc430 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebb1a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6bd00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dac22a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4b784 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9c021 {
  color: #d9c021;
}
Background
.bg-d9c021 {
  background-color: #d9c021;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9c021 {
  border: 2px solid #d9c021;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9c021;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 192 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 74% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9c021 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9c021, #96d921);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9c021 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 192 33 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.04 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.31 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.36 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.40 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.82 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 7.28 #263fde Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d9c021  rgb(217, 192, 33)  hsl(52, 74%, 49%)  Old Gold
#213ad9  rgb(33, 58, 217)  hsl(232, 74%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#21d9c0  rgb(33, 217, 192)  hsl(172, 74%, 49%)  Turquoise
#c021d9  rgb(192, 33, 217)  hsl(292, 74%, 49%)  Electric Purple