What color is #DBB40C?

#DBB40C is a vivid yellow known as Gold Tooth. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Gold Tooth?

The RGB value is 219, 180, 12: 219 red, 180 green and 12 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Gold Tooth?

The complementary color is #0C33DB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #DBB40C?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.55:1 and white text 1.99:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Gold Tooth color: hex code #DBB40C

#DBB40C rgb(219, 180, 12)

Shades of yellow

Gold Tooth has the hex code #DBB40C. It is a vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 85.9% red, 70.6% green and 4.7% blue (219, 180, 12).

Its hue angle is 49°, with 90% saturation and 45% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 95% yellow and 14% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.55:1).

Gold Tooth (#DBB40C) color codes

HEX	`#DBB40C`
RGB	`rgb(219, 180, 12)`
RGB percent	`rgb(85.9%, 70.6%, 4.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(49, 90%, 45%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(49, 95%, 86%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 18%, 95%, 14%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(74.66, 0.68, 75.58)`
CIE LCH	`lch(74.66, 75.58, 89.49)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(45.604, 47.732, 7.159)`
Decimal	`14398476`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Gold Tooth, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #DBB40C	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.55:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.99:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#DBB40C as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.99:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.55:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #DBB40C looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #dbb40c; }
.text { color: #dbb40c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbb40c; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(219 180 12 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #dbb40c, #9adb0c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Metallic Gold.

See #DBB40C on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #DBB40C?: #DBB40C is a vivid yellow known as Gold Tooth. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Gold Tooth?: The RGB value is 219, 180, 12: 219 red, 180 green and 12 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Gold Tooth?: The complementary color is #0C33DB, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #DBB40C?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.55:1 and white text 1.99:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.