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#DBAE26

#dbae26 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbae26 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 68.24% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.55% magenta, 82.65% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 45.08°, with 71.54% saturation and 50.39% 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 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.34.

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Relative luminance0.4547

Complementary

  1. #dbae26
  2. #2653db

Split complementary

  1. #dbae26
  2. #26aedb
  3. #5326db

Analogous

  1. #db5326
  2. #dbae26
  3. #aedb26

Triadic

  1. #dbae26
  2. #26dbae
  3. #ae26db

Tetradic

  1. #dbae26
  2. #53db26
  3. #2653db
  4. #ae26db

Square

  1. #dbae26
  2. #26db53
  3. #2653db
  4. #db26ae

Monochromatic

  1. #59470f
  2. #9b7b1a
  3. #dbae26
  4. #e6c668
  5. #f1dfa9

Shades

#dbae26 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbae26
  2. #c59d22
  3. #af8b1e
  4. #997a1b
  5. #836817
  6. #6e5713
  7. #58460f
  8. #42340b
  9. #2c2308
  10. #161104
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbae26 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbae26
  2. #dfb63c
  3. #e2be51
  4. #e6c667
  5. #e9ce7d
  6. #edd793
  7. #f1dfa8
  8. #f4e7be
  9. #f8efd4
  10. #fbf7e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbae26 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbae26
  2. #d2a92f
  3. #c9a538
  4. #c0a041
  5. #b79c4a
  6. #ae9753
  7. #a4925c
  8. #9b8e65
  9. #92896e
  10. #898577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b190 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ceb92f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee9e95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdad12 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b52c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a578 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbae26 {
  color: #dbae26;
}
Background
.bg-dbae26 {
  background-color: #dbae26;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbae26 {
  border: 2px solid #dbae26;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbae26;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 174 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbae26 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbae26, #aedb26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbae26 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 174 38 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.34 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.64 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.17 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.33 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.87 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.81 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.04 #2451d9 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dbae26  rgb(219, 174, 38)  hsl(45, 72%, 50%)  Metallic Gold
#2653db  rgb(38, 83, 219)  hsl(225, 72%, 50%)  Sapphire
#26dbae  rgb(38, 219, 174)  hsl(165, 72%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#ae26db  rgb(174, 38, 219)  hsl(285, 72%, 50%)  Dark Orchid