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#DDB520

#ddb520 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ddb520 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 70.98% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.1% magenta, 85.52% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 47.3°, with 74.7% saturation and 49.61% 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 10.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.91.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4852

Complementary

  1. #ddb520
  2. #2048dd

Split complementary

  1. #ddb520
  2. #20a7dd
  3. #5720dd

Analogous

  1. #dd5720
  2. #ddb520
  3. #a7dd20

Triadic

  1. #ddb520
  2. #20ddb5
  3. #b520dd

Tetradic

  1. #ddb520
  2. #48dd20
  3. #2048dd
  4. #b520dd

Square

  1. #ddb520
  2. #20dd57
  3. #2048dd
  4. #dd20a7

Monochromatic

  1. #57480d
  2. #9a7e16
  3. #ddb520
  4. #e8cc61
  5. #f2e1a4

Shades

#ddb520 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddb520
  2. #c7a31d
  3. #b1911a
  4. #9b7f16
  5. #856d13
  6. #6f5b10
  7. #58480d
  8. #42360a
  9. #2c2406
  10. #161203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddb520 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddb520
  2. #e0bc36
  3. #e4c44d
  4. #e7cb63
  5. #ebd379
  6. #eeda90
  7. #f1e1a6
  8. #f5e9bc
  9. #f8f0d2
  10. #fcf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddb520 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddb520
  2. #d4b02a
  3. #caaa33
  4. #c1a53d
  5. #b8a046
  6. #af9b50
  7. #a5955a
  8. #9c9063
  9. #938b6d
  10. #898576
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b794 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cab200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d4be2c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f0a59b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2b300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8ba28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e9ac7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddb520 {
  color: #ddb520;
}
Background
.bg-ddb520 {
  background-color: #ddb520;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddb520 {
  border: 2px solid #ddb520;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddb520;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 181 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 47 75% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddb520 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddb520, #a7dd20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddb520 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 181 32 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.91 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.94 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.19 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.57 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.62 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.66 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.03 #224adf Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#ddb520  rgb(221, 181, 32)  hsl(47, 75%, 50%)  Metallic Gold
#2048dd  rgb(32, 72, 221)  hsl(227, 75%, 50%)  Iris
#20ddb5  rgb(32, 221, 181)  hsl(167, 75%, 50%)  Caribbean Green
#b520dd  rgb(181, 32, 221)  hsl(287, 75%, 50%)  Electric Purple