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#DBAF28

#dbaf28 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbaf28 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 68.63% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.09% magenta, 81.74% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 45.25°, with 71.31% saturation and 50.78% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.11.

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Relative luminance0.4587

Complementary

  1. #dbaf28
  2. #2854db

Split complementary

  1. #dbaf28
  2. #28addb
  3. #5528db

Analogous

  1. #db5528
  2. #dbaf28
  3. #addb28

Triadic

  1. #dbaf28
  2. #28dbaf
  3. #af28db

Tetradic

  1. #dbaf28
  2. #54db28
  3. #2854db
  4. #af28db

Square

  1. #dbaf28
  2. #28db55
  3. #2854db
  4. #db28ad

Monochromatic

  1. #5b480f
  2. #9c7c1a
  3. #dbaf28
  4. #e6c76a
  5. #f1e0ab

Shades

#dbaf28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbaf28
  2. #c59e24
  3. #af8c20
  4. #997b1c
  5. #836918
  6. #6e5814
  7. #584610
  8. #42350c
  9. #2c2308
  10. #161204
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbaf28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbaf28
  2. #dfb73e
  3. #e2bf53
  4. #e6c769
  5. #e9cf7e
  6. #edd794
  7. #f1dfa9
  8. #f4e7bf
  9. #f8efd4
  10. #fbf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbaf28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbaf28
  2. #d2aa31
  3. #c9a63a
  4. #c0a142
  5. #b79c4b
  6. #ae9854
  7. #a4935d
  8. #9b8e66
  9. #92896e
  10. #898577
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5b291 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4ad00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfb931 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ee9f96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ceae16 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4b52e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6a679 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbaf28 {
  color: #dbaf28;
}
Background
.bg-dbaf28 {
  background-color: #dbaf28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbaf28 {
  border: 2px solid #dbaf28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbaf28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 175 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 71% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbaf28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbaf28, #addb28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbaf28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 175 40 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.11 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.49 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 3.50 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.03 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.69 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.75 #ffbf00 Amber ΔE 7.05 #2450d7 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dbaf28  rgb(219, 175, 40)  hsl(45, 71%, 51%)  Metallic Gold
#2854db  rgb(40, 84, 219)  hsl(225, 71%, 51%)  Sapphire
#28dbaf  rgb(40, 219, 175)  hsl(165, 71%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#af28db  rgb(175, 40, 219)  hsl(285, 71%, 51%)  Dark Orchid