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#DAAF38

#daaf38 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#daaf38 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 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.72% magenta, 74.31% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 44.07°, with 68.64% saturation and 53.73% 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 1.73.

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Relative luminance0.4585

Complementary

  1. #daaf38
  2. #3863da

Split complementary

  1. #daaf38
  2. #38b4da
  3. #5e38da

Analogous

  1. #da5e38
  2. #daaf38
  3. #b4da38

Triadic

  1. #daaf38
  2. #38daaf
  3. #af38da

Tetradic

  1. #daaf38
  2. #63da38
  3. #3863da
  4. #af38da

Square

  1. #daaf38
  2. #38da5e
  3. #3863da
  4. #da38b4

Monochromatic

  1. #665013
  2. #a7831f
  3. #daaf38
  4. #e6c979
  5. #f2e3b9

Shades

#daaf38 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #daaf38
  2. #c49e32
  3. #ae8c2d
  4. #997b27
  5. #836922
  6. #6d581c
  7. #574616
  8. #413511
  9. #2c230b
  10. #161206
  11. #000000

Tints

#daaf38 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #daaf38
  2. #deb74c
  3. #e1bf60
  4. #e5c774
  5. #e9cf88
  6. #edd79c
  7. #f0dfaf
  8. #f4e7c3
  9. #f8efd7
  10. #fbf7eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#daaf38 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #daaf38
  2. #d1aa3f
  3. #c8a646
  4. #bfa14e
  5. #b69c55
  6. #ad985c
  7. #a49363
  8. #9b8e6a
  9. #928972
  10. #898579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 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 #c4ae25 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb93e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eca097 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdae2d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b53c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5a67c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-daaf38 {
  color: #daaf38;
}
Background
.bg-daaf38 {
  background-color: #daaf38;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-daaf38 {
  border: 2px solid #daaf38;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #daaf38;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 175 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 69% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-daaf38 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #daaf38, #b4da38);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-daaf38 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 175 56 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.73 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.38 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.52 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.93 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.16 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.45 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.51 #2550c7 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#daaf38  rgb(218, 175, 56)  hsl(44, 69%, 54%)  Metallic Gold
#3863da  rgb(56, 99, 218)  hsl(224, 69%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#38daaf  rgb(56, 218, 175)  hsl(164, 69%, 54%)  Caribbean Green
#af38da  rgb(175, 56, 218)  hsl(284, 69%, 54%)  Dark Orchid