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#DAAF37

#daaf37 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daaf37 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 68.63% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.72% magenta, 74.77% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 44.17°, with 68.78% saturation and 53.53% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 1.7.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4584

Complementary

  1. #daaf37
  2. #3762da

Split complementary

  1. #daaf37
  2. #37b4da
  3. #5d37da

Analogous

  1. #da5d37
  2. #daaf37
  3. #b4da37

Triadic

  1. #daaf37
  2. #37daaf
  3. #af37da

Tetradic

  1. #daaf37
  2. #62da37
  3. #3762da
  4. #af37da

Square

  1. #daaf37
  2. #37da5d
  3. #3762da
  4. #da37b4

Monochromatic

  1. #654f13
  2. #a6821f
  3. #daaf37
  4. #e6c978
  5. #f2e3b8

Shades

#daaf37 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daaf37
  2. #c49e32
  3. #ae8c2c
  4. #997b27
  5. #836921
  6. #6d581c
  7. #574616
  8. #413511
  9. #2c230b
  10. #161206
  11. #000000

Tints

#daaf37 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daaf37
  2. #deb74b
  3. #e1bf5f
  4. #e5c773
  5. #e9cf87
  6. #edd79b
  7. #f0dfaf
  8. #f4e7c3
  9. #f8efd7
  10. #fbf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daaf37 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daaf37
  2. #d1aa3e
  3. #c8a646
  4. #bfa14d
  5. #b69c54
  6. #ad985c
  7. #a49363
  8. #9b8e6a
  9. #928971
  10. #898579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b293 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ae23 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb93d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eca097 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdae2c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b53b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5a67c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daaf37 {
  color: #daaf37;
}
Background
.bg-daaf37 {
  background-color: #daaf37;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daaf37 {
  border: 2px solid #daaf37;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daaf37;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 175 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 69% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daaf37 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daaf37, #b4da37);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daaf37 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 175 55 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.70 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.37 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.51 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.91 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.13 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.40 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.54 #2550c8 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#daaf37  rgb(218, 175, 55)  hsl(44, 69%, 54%)  Metallic Gold
#3762da  rgb(55, 98, 218)  hsl(224, 69%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#37daaf  rgb(55, 218, 175)  hsl(164, 69%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#af37da  rgb(175, 55, 218)  hsl(284, 69%, 54%)  Dark Orchid