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#DAB043

#dab043 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dab043 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 69.02% green and 26.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.27% magenta, 69.27% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 43.31°, with 67.11% saturation and 55.88% 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 10.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.15.

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Relative luminance0.4636

Complementary

  1. #dab043
  2. #436dda

Split complementary

  1. #dab043
  2. #43b8da
  3. #6443da

Analogous

  1. #da6443
  2. #dab043
  3. #b8da43

Triadic

  1. #dab043
  2. #43dab0
  3. #b043da

Tetradic

  1. #dab043
  2. #6dda43
  3. #436dda
  4. #b043da

Square

  1. #dab043
  2. #43da64
  3. #436dda
  4. #da43b8

Monochromatic

  1. #6e5616
  2. #ae8722
  3. #dab043
  4. #e7cb83
  5. #f3e6c3

Shades

#dab043 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dab043
  2. #c49e3c
  3. #ae8d36
  4. #997b2f
  5. #836a28
  6. #6d5822
  7. #57461b
  8. #413514
  9. #2c230d
  10. #161207
  11. #000000

Tints

#dab043 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dab043
  2. #deb856
  3. #e1c069
  4. #e5c87b
  5. #e9d08e
  6. #edd8a1
  7. #f0dfb4
  8. #f4e7c7
  9. #f8efd9
  10. #fbf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dab043 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dab043
  2. #d1ab49
  3. #c8a64f
  4. #bfa255
  5. #b69d5b
  6. #ad9862
  7. #a49368
  8. #9b8e6e
  9. #928a74
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b395 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4af35 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceba48 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eca199 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdaf3b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b646 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5a780 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dab043 {
  color: #dab043;
}
Background
.bg-dab043 {
  background-color: #dab043;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dab043 {
  border: 2px solid #dab043;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dab043;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 176 67;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 67% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dab043 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dab043, #b8da43);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dab043 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 176 67 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.15 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.64 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.07 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.04 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.50 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.01 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.63 #254fbc Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dab043  rgb(218, 176, 67)  hsl(43, 67%, 56%)  Metallic Gold
#436dda  rgb(67, 109, 218)  hsl(223, 67%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#43dab0  rgb(67, 218, 176)  hsl(163, 67%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b043da  rgb(176, 67, 218)  hsl(283, 67%, 56%)  Medium Orchid