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#DBB751

#dbb751 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbb751 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 71.76% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.44% magenta, 63.01% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 44.35°, with 65.71% saturation and 58.82% 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 10.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.

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Relative luminance0.4952

Complementary

  1. #dbb751
  2. #5175db

Split complementary

  1. #dbb751
  2. #51badb
  3. #7251db

Analogous

  1. #db7251
  2. #dbb751
  3. #badb51

Triadic

  1. #dbb751
  2. #51dbb7
  3. #b751db

Tetradic

  1. #dbb751
  2. #75db51
  3. #5175db
  4. #b751db

Square

  1. #dbb751
  2. #51db72
  3. #5175db
  4. #db51ba

Monochromatic

  1. #7a6119
  2. #b99326
  3. #dbb751
  4. #e8d190
  5. #f5ebd0

Shades

#dbb751 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbb751
  2. #c5a549
  3. #af9241
  4. #998039
  5. #836e31
  6. #6e5c29
  7. #584920
  8. #423718
  9. #2c2510
  10. #161208
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbb751 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbb751
  2. #dfbe62
  3. #e2c574
  4. #e6cd85
  5. #e9d497
  6. #eddba8
  7. #f1e2b9
  8. #f4e9cb
  9. #f8f1dc
  10. #fbf8ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbb751 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbb751
  2. #d2b256
  3. #c9ac5a
  4. #c0a75f
  5. #b7a164
  6. #ae9c69
  7. #a4966d
  8. #9b9172
  9. #928b77
  10. #89867b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b99b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab546 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3bf55 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eca9a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b64b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6bc54 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5af88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbb751 {
  color: #dbb751;
}
Background
.bg-dbb751 {
  background-color: #dbb751;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbb751 {
  border: 2px solid #dbb751;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbb751;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 183 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 66% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbb751 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbb751, #badb51);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbb751 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 183 81 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.00 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.30 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.10 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.57 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.25 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.43 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 8.04 #2448ae Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dbb751  rgb(219, 183, 81)  hsl(44, 66%, 59%)  Metallic Gold
#5175db  rgb(81, 117, 219)  hsl(224, 66%, 59%)  Royal Blue
#51dbb7  rgb(81, 219, 183)  hsl(164, 66%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b751db  rgb(183, 81, 219)  hsl(284, 66%, 59%)  Medium Orchid