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#DB970E

#db970e ≈ Gamboge

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#db970e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 59.22% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.05% magenta, 93.61% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 40.1°, with 87.98% saturation and 45.69% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gamboge (#e49b0f), ΔE 1.84.

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Web safe#cc9900
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Relative luminance0.3722

Complementary

  1. #db970e
  2. #0e52db

Split complementary

  1. #db970e
  2. #0eb9db
  3. #310edb

Analogous

  1. #db310e
  2. #db970e
  3. #b9db0e

Triadic

  1. #db970e
  2. #0edb97
  3. #970edb

Tetradic

  1. #db970e
  2. #52db0e
  3. #0e52db
  4. #970edb

Square

  1. #db970e
  2. #0edb31
  3. #0e52db
  4. #db0eb9

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3405
  2. #936509
  3. #db970e
  4. #f3b843
  5. #f8d38a

Shades

#db970e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #db970e
  2. #c5880d
  3. #af790b
  4. #996a0a
  5. #835b08
  6. #6e4c07
  7. #583c06
  8. #422d04
  9. #2c1e03
  10. #160f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#db970e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #db970e
  2. #dfa126
  3. #e2ac3e
  4. #e6b656
  5. #e9c16e
  6. #edcb87
  7. #f1d59f
  8. #f4e0b7
  9. #f8eacf
  10. #fbf5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#db970e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #db970e
  2. #d29519
  3. #c99225
  4. #c09030
  5. #b78e3c
  6. #ae8c47
  7. #a48952
  8. #9b875e
  9. #928569
  10. #898275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bd9f83 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0ab18 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ef8581 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c39900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cba315 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e78c66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-db970e {
  color: #db970e;
}
Background
.bg-db970e {
  background-color: #db970e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-db970e {
  border: 2px solid #db970e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #db970e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 151 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 88% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-db970e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #db970e, #b9db0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-db970e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 151 14 / 0.35);
}

#e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 1.84 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 3.47 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.25 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 6.93 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.05 #ed9121 Carrot Orange ΔE 7.07 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 7.24 #2468f1 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Gamboge
#db970e  rgb(219, 151, 14)  hsl(40, 88%, 46%)  Gamboge
#0e52db  rgb(14, 82, 219)  hsl(220, 88%, 46%)  Sapphire
#0edb97  rgb(14, 219, 151)  hsl(160, 88%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#970edb  rgb(151, 14, 219)  hsl(280, 88%, 46%)  Dark Violet