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#DA9912

#da9912 ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#da9912 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 60% green and 7.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 29.82% magenta, 91.74% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 40.5°, with 84.75% saturation and 46.27% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 2.17.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3773

Complementary

  1. #da9912
  2. #1253da

Split complementary

  1. #da9912
  2. #12b7da
  3. #3512da

Analogous

  1. #da3512
  2. #da9912
  3. #b7da12

Triadic

  1. #da9912
  2. #12da99
  3. #9912da

Tetradic

  1. #da9912
  2. #53da12
  3. #1253da
  4. #9912da

Square

  1. #da9912
  2. #12da35
  3. #1253da
  4. #da12b7

Monochromatic

  1. #4d3606
  2. #93670c
  3. #da9912
  4. #f0ba49
  5. #f6d48f

Shades

#da9912 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #da9912
  2. #c48a10
  3. #ae7a0e
  4. #996b0d
  5. #835c0b
  6. #6d4d09
  7. #573d07
  8. #412e05
  9. #2c1f04
  10. #160f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#da9912 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #da9912
  2. #dea32a
  3. #e1ad41
  4. #e5b859
  5. #e9c271
  6. #edcc89
  7. #f0d6a0
  8. #f4e0b8
  9. #f8ebd0
  10. #fbf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#da9912 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #da9912
  2. #d1971d
  3. #c89428
  4. #bf9233
  5. #b68f3e
  6. #ad8d49
  7. #a48a54
  8. #9b885f
  9. #92856a
  10. #898375
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bda083 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1ac1b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee8783 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c39b00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cba518 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e68f68 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-da9912 {
  color: #da9912;
}
Background
.bg-da9912 {
  background-color: #da9912;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-da9912 {
  border: 2px solid #da9912;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #da9912;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 153 18;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 85% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-da9912 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #da9912, #b7da12);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-da9912 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 153 18 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 2.17 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.42 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.38 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.92 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 7.18 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 7.71 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.78 #2566ed Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Gamboge
#da9912  rgb(218, 153, 18)  hsl(41, 85%, 46%)  Gamboge
#1253da  rgb(18, 83, 218)  hsl(221, 85%, 46%)  Sapphire
#12da99  rgb(18, 218, 153)  hsl(161, 85%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#9912da  rgb(153, 18, 218)  hsl(281, 85%, 46%)  Dark Violet