Information about #D9BA3F color

#D9BA3F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#D9BA3F falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(217, 186, 63) — 85.1% red, 72.9% green, 24.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 60 / 15. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #D9BA3F reads as a strongly colored golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Matte Mustard (#DCB83E). Slightly further away sit Old Gold (#CFB53B) and Meat Brown (#E5B73B).

In RGB terms — rgb(217, 186, 63) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 11.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #D9BA3F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#D9BA3F color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#D9BA3F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #D9BA3F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Old Gold color link
Old Gold

#CFB53B

Meat Brown color link
Meat Brown

#E5B73B

Leo color link
Leo

#DAB135

Party Mix color link
Party Mix

#E1C53A

Wattle color link
Wattle

#D6CA3D

Ipanema color link
Ipanema

#DCC64B

Tulip Tree color link
Tulip Tree

#E3AC3D

Warm Olive color link
Warm Olive

#C7B63C

Confetti color link
Confetti

#DDCB46

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#D9BA3F
  • RGB217, 186, 63
  • CMYK0, 12, 60, 15
  • CSSrgb(217, 186, 63)
  • HSL48°, 67%, 55%
  • HSL Precise47.922°, 66.957%, 54.902%
  • HSV48°, 71%, 85%
  • HSB48°, 71%, 85%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.851
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.247
  • GLSLvec3(0.851, 0.729, 0.247)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.851, 0.729, 0.247, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.851, 0.729, 0.247)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB85.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB24.7%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDD9BA3F
  • DECIMAL ID14268991
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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