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#DAAE3C

#daae3c ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daae3c 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 23.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.18% magenta, 72.48% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 43.29°, with 68.1% saturation and 54.51% 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 10.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.455

Complementary

  1. #daae3c
  2. #3c68da

Split complementary

  1. #daae3c
  2. #3cb7da
  3. #5f3cda

Analogous

  1. #da5f3c
  2. #daae3c
  3. #b7da3c

Triadic

  1. #daae3c
  2. #3cdaae
  3. #ae3cda

Tetradic

  1. #daae3c
  2. #68da3c
  3. #3c68da
  4. #ae3cda

Square

  1. #daae3c
  2. #3cda5f
  3. #3c68da
  4. #da3cb7

Monochromatic

  1. #695114
  2. #a98320
  3. #daae3c
  4. #e6c97c
  5. #f2e3bd

Shades

#daae3c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daae3c
  2. #c49d36
  3. #ae8b30
  4. #997a2a
  5. #836824
  6. #6d571e
  7. #574618
  8. #413412
  9. #2c230c
  10. #161106
  11. #000000

Tints

#daae3c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daae3c
  2. #deb650
  3. #e1be63
  4. #e5c677
  5. #e9ce8a
  6. #edd79e
  7. #f0dfb1
  8. #f4e7c5
  9. #f8efd8
  10. #fbf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daae3c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daae3c
  2. #d1a943
  3. #c8a54a
  4. #bfa050
  5. #b69c57
  6. #ad975e
  7. #a49265
  8. #9b8e6c
  9. #928972
  10. #898579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4b193 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ad2b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb942 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ec9f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ccad33 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d2b43f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5a57d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daae3c {
  color: #daae3c;
}
Background
.bg-daae3c {
  background-color: #daae3c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daae3c {
  border: 2px solid #daae3c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daae3c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 174 60;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 68% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daae3c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daae3c, #b7da3c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daae3c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 174 60 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.68 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.27 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.43 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.58 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.37 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.59 #2551c3 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#daae3c  rgb(218, 174, 60)  hsl(43, 68%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#3c68da  rgb(60, 104, 218)  hsl(223, 68%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3cdaae  rgb(60, 218, 174)  hsl(163, 68%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#ae3cda  rgb(174, 60, 218)  hsl(283, 68%, 55%)  Electric Purple