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#DAAE31

#daae31 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daae31 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 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.18% magenta, 77.52% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 44.38°, with 69.55% saturation and 52.35% 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 10.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 1.9.

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Relative luminance0.454

Complementary

  1. #daae31
  2. #315dda

Split complementary

  1. #daae31
  2. #31b1da
  3. #5931da

Analogous

  1. #da5931
  2. #daae31
  3. #b1da31

Triadic

  1. #daae31
  2. #31daae
  3. #ae31da

Tetradic

  1. #daae31
  2. #5dda31
  3. #315dda
  4. #ae31da

Square

  1. #daae31
  2. #31da59
  3. #315dda
  4. #da31b1

Monochromatic

  1. #614c11
  2. #a17f1d
  3. #daae31
  4. #e6c772
  5. #f1e1b3

Shades

#daae31 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daae31
  2. #c49d2c
  3. #ae8b27
  4. #997a22
  5. #83681d
  6. #6d5719
  7. #574614
  8. #41340f
  9. #2c230a
  10. #161105
  11. #000000

Tints

#daae31 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daae31
  2. #deb646
  3. #e1be5a
  4. #e5c66f
  5. #e9ce83
  6. #edd798
  7. #f0dfad
  8. #f4e7c1
  9. #f8efd6
  10. #fbf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daae31 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daae31
  2. #d1a939
  3. #c8a541
  4. #bfa049
  5. #b69c51
  6. #ad9759
  7. #a49260
  8. #9b8e68
  9. #928970
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4b191 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ad18 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb938 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ec9e96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdad24 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b435 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5a57a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daae31 {
  color: #daae31;
}
Background
.bg-daae31 {
  background-color: #daae31;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daae31 {
  border: 2px solid #daae31;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daae31;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 174 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daae31 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daae31, #b1da31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daae31 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 174 49 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.90 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.52 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.16 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.13 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.15 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.27 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.46 #2551ce Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#daae31  rgb(218, 174, 49)  hsl(44, 70%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#315dda  rgb(49, 93, 218)  hsl(224, 70%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#31daae  rgb(49, 218, 174)  hsl(164, 70%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#ae31da  rgb(174, 49, 218)  hsl(284, 70%, 52%)  Dark Orchid