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#DBAE43

#dbae43 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbae43 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 26.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.55% magenta, 69.41% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 42.24°, with 67.86% saturation and 56.08% 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 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.01.

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Relative luminance0.4574

Complementary

  1. #dbae43
  2. #4370db

Split complementary

  1. #dbae43
  2. #43bcdb
  3. #6243db

Analogous

  1. #db6243
  2. #dbae43
  3. #bcdb43

Triadic

  1. #dbae43
  2. #43dbae
  3. #ae43db

Tetradic

  1. #dbae43
  2. #70db43
  3. #4370db
  4. #ae43db

Square

  1. #dbae43
  2. #43db62
  3. #4370db
  4. #db43bc

Monochromatic

  1. #705515
  2. #b08622
  3. #dbae43
  4. #e7ca83
  5. #f4e5c3

Shades

#dbae43 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbae43
  2. #c59d3c
  3. #af8b36
  4. #997a2f
  5. #836828
  6. #6e5722
  7. #58461b
  8. #423414
  9. #2c230d
  10. #161107
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbae43 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbae43
  2. #dfb656
  3. #e2be69
  4. #e6c67b
  5. #e9ce8e
  6. #edd7a1
  7. #f1dfb4
  8. #f4e7c7
  9. #f8efd9
  10. #fbf7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbae43 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbae43
  2. #d2a949
  3. #c9a54f
  4. #c0a055
  5. #b79c5b
  6. #ae9762
  7. #a49268
  8. #9b8e6e
  9. #928974
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b294 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2ad35 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb948 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed9f98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cdae3b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d3b546 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6a57e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbae43 {
  color: #dbae43;
}
Background
.bg-dbae43 {
  background-color: #dbae43;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbae43 {
  border: 2px solid #dbae43;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbae43;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 174 67;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 68% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbae43 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbae43, #bcdb43);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbae43 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 174 67 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.01 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.05 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.47 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.06 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 6.68 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.97 #eaa221 Marigold ΔE 6.97 #2451bc Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dbae43  rgb(219, 174, 67)  hsl(42, 68%, 56%)  Metallic Gold
#4370db  rgb(67, 112, 219)  hsl(222, 68%, 56%)  Royal Blue
#43dbae  rgb(67, 219, 174)  hsl(162, 68%, 56%)  Caribbean Green
#ae43db  rgb(174, 67, 219)  hsl(282, 68%, 56%)  Medium Orchid