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#D9BE21

#d9be21 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d9be21 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 74.51% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.44% magenta, 84.79% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 51.2°, with 73.6% saturation and 49.02% 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 11.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.63.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5169

Complementary

  1. #d9be21
  2. #213cd9

Split complementary

  1. #d9be21
  2. #2198d9
  3. #6221d9

Analogous

  1. #d96221
  2. #d9be21
  3. #98d921

Triadic

  1. #d9be21
  2. #21d9be
  3. #be21d9

Tetradic

  1. #d9be21
  2. #3cd921
  3. #213cd9
  4. #be21d9

Square

  1. #d9be21
  2. #21d962
  3. #213cd9
  4. #d92198

Monochromatic

  1. #544a0d
  2. #978417
  3. #d9be21
  4. #e7d360
  5. #f1e5a2

Shades

#d9be21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9be21
  2. #c3ab1e
  3. #ae981a
  4. #988517
  5. #827214
  6. #6d5f11
  7. #574c0d
  8. #41390a
  9. #2b2607
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9be21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9be21
  2. #ddc537
  3. #e1cb4d
  4. #e4d264
  5. #e8d87a
  6. #ecdf90
  7. #f0e5a6
  8. #f4ecbc
  9. #f7f2d3
  10. #fbf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9be21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9be21
  2. #d0b82b
  3. #c7b234
  4. #beab3e
  5. #b5a547
  6. #ad9f51
  7. #a4995a
  8. #9b9364
  9. #928c6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabe98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c22f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ebafa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5bb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9c12a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e4b582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9be21 {
  color: #d9be21;
}
Background
.bg-d9be21 {
  background-color: #d9be21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9be21 {
  border: 2px solid #d9be21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9be21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 190 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 74% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9be21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9be21, #98d921);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9be21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 190 33 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.63 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.90 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.26 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.54 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.03 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.21 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 7.33 #2641de Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d9be21  rgb(217, 190, 33)  hsl(51, 74%, 49%)  Old Gold
#213cd9  rgb(33, 60, 217)  hsl(231, 74%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#21d9be  rgb(33, 217, 190)  hsl(171, 74%, 49%)  Turquoise
#be21d9  rgb(190, 33, 217)  hsl(291, 74%, 49%)  Electric Purple