The Dictionary of
Color Combinations

yellow · 1 palette

Kin

金

Gold

About Kin

Kin (金) is a mid-tone, vivid yellow tone. Its hex value is #D4AF37 — that is RGB 212, 175, 55, or HSL 46°, 65%, 52%. Gold.

It holds 10.0:1 contrast against dark, so Kin works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 2.1:1; on black 10.0:1.)

Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Kin appears in 1 combination — most often paired with Shu and Kuro.

Palettes with Kin

Kin appears in 1 combination from the archive.

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