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#D3BE21

#d3be21 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d3be21 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 82.75% red, 74.51% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.95% magenta, 84.36% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 52.92°, with 72.95% saturation and 47.84% 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 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.75.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5079

Complementary

  1. #d3be21
  2. #2136d3

Split complementary

  1. #d3be21
  2. #218fd3
  3. #6521d3

Analogous

  1. #d36521
  2. #d3be21
  3. #8fd321

Triadic

  1. #d3be21
  2. #21d3be
  3. #be21d3

Tetradic

  1. #d3be21
  2. #36d321
  3. #2136d3
  4. #be21d3

Square

  1. #d3be21
  2. #21d365
  3. #2136d3
  4. #d3218f

Monochromatic

  1. #4f470c
  2. #918217
  3. #d3be21
  4. #e5d55b
  5. #f0e69d

Shades

#d3be21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d3be21
  2. #beab1e
  3. #a9981a
  4. #948517
  5. #7f7214
  6. #6a5f11
  7. #544c0d
  8. #3f390a
  9. #2a2607
  10. #151303
  11. #000000

Tints

#d3be21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d3be21
  2. #d7c537
  3. #dccb4d
  4. #e0d264
  5. #e5d87a
  6. #e9df90
  7. #ede5a6
  8. #f2ecbc
  9. #f6f2d3
  10. #fbf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d3be21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d3be21
  2. #cbb82b
  3. #c2b234
  4. #baab3e
  5. #b2a547
  6. #aa9f51
  7. #a1995a
  8. #999364
  9. #918c6d
  10. #888677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6bd97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c030 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e4afa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d2bb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d5bf2a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ddb582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d3be21 {
  color: #d3be21;
}
Background
.bg-d3be21 {
  background-color: #d3be21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d3be21 {
  border: 2px solid #d3be21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d3be21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 211 190 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 73% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d3be21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d3be21, #8fd321);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d3be21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(211 190 33 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.75 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 6.40 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.60 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.23 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 7.57 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 7.59 #2c41de Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d3be21  rgb(211, 190, 33)  hsl(53, 73%, 48%)  Old Gold
#2136d3  rgb(33, 54, 211)  hsl(233, 73%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#21d3be  rgb(33, 211, 190)  hsl(173, 73%, 48%)  Turquoise
#be21d3  rgb(190, 33, 211)  hsl(293, 73%, 48%)  Electric Purple