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#DAAE0B

#daae0b ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#daae0b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 68.24% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.18% magenta, 94.95% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 47.25°, with 90.39% saturation and 44.9% 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 10.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.01.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.452

Complementary

  1. #daae0b
  2. #0b37da

Split complementary

  1. #daae0b
  2. #0b9eda
  3. #470bda

Analogous

  1. #da470b
  2. #daae0b
  3. #9eda0b

Triadic

  1. #daae0b
  2. #0bdaae
  3. #ae0bda

Tetradic

  1. #daae0b
  2. #37da0b
  3. #0b37da
  4. #ae0bda

Square

  1. #daae0b
  2. #0bda47
  3. #0b37da
  4. #da0b9e

Monochromatic

  1. #483a04
  2. #917407
  3. #daae0b
  4. #f5ce3c
  5. #f9e085

Shades

#daae0b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daae0b
  2. #c49d0a
  3. #ae8b09
  4. #997a08
  5. #836807
  6. #6d5706
  7. #574604
  8. #413403
  9. #2c2302
  10. #161101
  11. #000000

Tints

#daae0b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daae0b
  2. #deb623
  3. #e1be3c
  4. #e5c654
  5. #e9ce6d
  6. #edd785
  7. #f0df9d
  8. #f4e7b6
  9. #f8efce
  10. #fbf7e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daae0b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daae0b
  2. #d1a917
  3. #c8a522
  4. #bfa02e
  5. #b69c3a
  6. #ad9746
  7. #a49251
  8. #9b8e5d
  9. #928969
  10. #898574
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4b18e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb81e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed9d94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdad00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b418 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6a475 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daae0b {
  color: #daae0b;
}
Background
.bg-daae0b {
  background-color: #daae0b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daae0b {
  border: 2px solid #daae0b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daae0b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 174 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daae0b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daae0b, #9eda0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daae0b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 174 11 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.01 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.53 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.00 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.35 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.88 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.65 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.08 #2551f4 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#daae0b  rgb(218, 174, 11)  hsl(47, 90%, 45%)  Metallic Gold
#0b37da  rgb(11, 55, 218)  hsl(227, 90%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0bdaae  rgb(11, 218, 174)  hsl(167, 90%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#ae0bda  rgb(174, 11, 218)  hsl(287, 90%, 45%)  Dark Orchid