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#DBB85F

#dbb85f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dbb85f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 72.16% green and 37.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.98% magenta, 56.62% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 43.06°, with 63.27% saturation and 61.57% 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 11.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 4.63.

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Relative luminance0.5017

Complementary

  1. #dbb85f
  2. #5f82db

Split complementary

  1. #dbb85f
  2. #5fc0db
  3. #7a5fdb

Analogous

  1. #db7a5f
  2. #dbb85f
  3. #c0db5f

Triadic

  1. #dbb85f
  2. #5fdbb8
  3. #b85fdb

Tetradic

  1. #dbb85f
  2. #82db5f
  3. #5f82db
  4. #b85fdb

Square

  1. #dbb85f
  2. #5fdb7a
  3. #5f82db
  4. #db5fc0

Monochromatic

  1. #83671e
  2. #c2972c
  3. #dbb85f
  4. #e9d49d
  5. #f7efdc

Shades

#dbb85f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbb85f
  2. #c5a656
  3. #af934c
  4. #998143
  5. #836e39
  6. #6e5c30
  7. #584a26
  8. #42371d
  9. #2c2513
  10. #16120a
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbb85f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbb85f
  2. #dfbf6f
  3. #e2c67f
  4. #e6cd8f
  5. #e9d49f
  6. #eddcaf
  7. #f1e3bf
  8. #f4eacf
  9. #f8f1df
  10. #fbf8ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbb85f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbb85f
  2. #d2b262
  3. #c9ad66
  4. #c0a769
  5. #b7a26c
  6. #ae9c70
  7. #a49673
  8. #9b9176
  9. #928b79
  10. #89867d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9ba9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab657 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d2c062 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebaba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b75a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6bd61 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5b08d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbb85f {
  color: #dbb85f;
}
Background
.bg-dbb85f {
  background-color: #dbb85f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbb85f {
  border: 2px solid #dbb85f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbb85f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 184 95;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 63% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbb85f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbb85f, #c0db5f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbb85f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 184 95 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.63 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 5.51 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.53 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 7.45 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.52 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 8.10 #2447a0 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dbb85f  rgb(219, 184, 95)  hsl(43, 63%, 62%)  Metallic Gold
#5f82db  rgb(95, 130, 219)  hsl(223, 63%, 62%)  Glaucous
#5fdbb8  rgb(95, 219, 184)  hsl(163, 63%, 62%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b85fdb  rgb(184, 95, 219)  hsl(283, 63%, 62%)  Medium Orchid