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#D9C558

#d9c558 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d9c558 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 77.25% green and 34.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.22% magenta, 59.45% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 50.7°, with 62.93% saturation and 59.8% 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 12.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.53.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.5539

Complementary

  1. #d9c558
  2. #586cd9

Split complementary

  1. #d9c558
  2. #58acd9
  3. #8458d9

Analogous

  1. #d98458
  2. #d9c558
  3. #acd958

Triadic

  1. #d9c558
  2. #58d9c5
  3. #c558d9

Tetradic

  1. #d9c558
  2. #6cd958
  3. #586cd9
  4. #c558d9

Square

  1. #d9c558
  2. #58d984
  3. #586cd9
  4. #d958ac

Monochromatic

  1. #7c6d1c
  2. #baa42a
  3. #d9c558
  4. #e7db96
  5. #f5f0d5

Shades

#d9c558 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9c558
  2. #c3b14f
  3. #ae9e46
  4. #988a3e
  5. #827635
  6. #6d632c
  7. #574f23
  8. #413b1a
  9. #2b2712
  10. #161409
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9c558 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9c558
  2. #ddcb69
  3. #e1d179
  4. #e4d68a
  5. #e8dc9b
  6. #ece2ac
  7. #f0e8bc
  8. #f4eecd
  9. #f7f3de
  10. #fbf9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9c558 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9c558
  2. #d0be5c
  3. #c7b760
  4. #beb064
  5. #b5a968
  6. #ada36c
  7. #a49c70
  8. #9b9574
  9. #928e78
  10. #89877c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cdc5a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d6c04c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dcc85d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e8b8ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d7c251 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc75b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e2bd93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9c558 {
  color: #d9c558;
}
Background
.bg-d9c558 {
  background-color: #d9c558;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9c558 {
  border: 2px solid #d9c558;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9c558;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 197 88;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 63% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9c558 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9c558, #acd958);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9c558 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 197 88 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.53 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.13 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.25 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.24 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.29 #fada5e Naples Yellow ΔE 6.40 #f8de7e Jasmine ΔE 6.76 #263aa7 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d9c558  rgb(217, 197, 88)  hsl(51, 63%, 60%)  Old Gold
#586cd9  rgb(88, 108, 217)  hsl(231, 63%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#58d9c5  rgb(88, 217, 197)  hsl(171, 63%, 60%)  Turquoise
#c558d9  rgb(197, 88, 217)  hsl(291, 63%, 60%)  Medium Orchid