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#DBAE3E

#dbae3e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbae3e 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 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.55% magenta, 71.69% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 42.8°, with 68.56% saturation and 55.1% 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 10.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.62.

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Relative luminance0.4568

Complementary

  1. #dbae3e
  2. #3e6bdb

Split complementary

  1. #dbae3e
  2. #3ebadb
  3. #5f3edb

Analogous

  1. #db5f3e
  2. #dbae3e
  3. #badb3e

Triadic

  1. #dbae3e
  2. #3edbae
  3. #ae3edb

Tetradic

  1. #dbae3e
  2. #6bdb3e
  3. #3e6bdb
  4. #ae3edb

Square

  1. #dbae3e
  2. #3edb5f
  3. #3e6bdb
  4. #db3eba

Monochromatic

  1. #6c5314
  2. #ac8420
  3. #dbae3e
  4. #e7c97e
  5. #f3e4bf

Shades

#dbae3e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbae3e
  2. #c59d38
  3. #af8b32
  4. #997a2b
  5. #836825
  6. #6e571f
  7. #584619
  8. #423413
  9. #2c230c
  10. #161106
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbae3e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbae3e
  2. #dfb651
  3. #e2be65
  4. #e6c678
  5. #e9ce8b
  6. #edd79f
  7. #f1dfb2
  8. #f4e7c5
  9. #f8efd8
  10. #fbf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbae3e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbae3e
  2. #d2a945
  3. #c9a54b
  4. #c0a052
  5. #b79c58
  6. #ae975f
  7. #a49266
  8. #9b8e6c
  9. #928973
  10. #898579
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b293 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3ad2e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb943 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed9f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdad35 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b541 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6a57d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbae3e {
  color: #dbae3e;
}
Background
.bg-dbae3e {
  background-color: #dbae3e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbae3e {
  border: 2px solid #dbae3e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbae3e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 174 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 69% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbae3e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbae3e, #badb3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbae3e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 174 62 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.62 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.73 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.21 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.78 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.65 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 7.06 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 7.19 #2451c1 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dbae3e  rgb(219, 174, 62)  hsl(43, 69%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#3e6bdb  rgb(62, 107, 219)  hsl(223, 69%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#3edbae  rgb(62, 219, 174)  hsl(163, 69%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#ae3edb  rgb(174, 62, 219)  hsl(283, 69%, 55%)  Electric Purple