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#DAAE25

#daae25 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daae25 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 68.24% green and 14.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.18% magenta, 83.03% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 45.41°, with 70.98% saturation and 50% 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 10.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.16.

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Relative luminance0.4531

Complementary

  1. #daae25
  2. #2551da

Split complementary

  1. #daae25
  2. #25acda
  3. #5325da

Analogous

  1. #da5325
  2. #daae25
  3. #acda25

Triadic

  1. #daae25
  2. #25daae
  3. #ae25da

Tetradic

  1. #daae25
  2. #51da25
  3. #2551da
  4. #ae25da

Square

  1. #daae25
  2. #25da53
  3. #2551da
  4. #da25ac

Monochromatic

  1. #57460f
  2. #997a1a
  3. #daae25
  4. #e5c666
  5. #f0dfa8

Shades

#daae25 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daae25
  2. #c49d21
  3. #ae8b1e
  4. #997a1a
  5. #836816
  6. #6d5713
  7. #57460f
  8. #41340b
  9. #2c2307
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#daae25 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daae25
  2. #deb63b
  3. #e1be51
  4. #e5c666
  5. #e9ce7c
  6. #edd792
  7. #f0dfa8
  8. #f4e7be
  9. #f8efd3
  10. #fbf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daae25 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daae25
  2. #d1a92e
  3. #c8a537
  4. #bfa040
  5. #b69c49
  6. #ad9753
  7. #a4925c
  8. #9b8e65
  9. #92896e
  10. #898577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4b190 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ac00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb82e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed9e95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdad10 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b42b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5a578 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daae25 {
  color: #daae25;
}
Background
.bg-daae25 {
  background-color: #daae25;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daae25 {
  border: 2px solid #daae25;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daae25;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 174 37;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 71% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daae25 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daae25, #acda25);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daae25 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 174 37 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.16 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.78 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.37 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.09 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.93 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.92 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.22 #2551da Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#daae25  rgb(218, 174, 37)  hsl(45, 71%, 50%)  Metallic Gold
#2551da  rgb(37, 81, 218)  hsl(225, 71%, 50%)  Sapphire
#25daae  rgb(37, 218, 174)  hsl(165, 71%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#ae25da  rgb(174, 37, 218)  hsl(285, 71%, 50%)  Dark Orchid