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#D7BE21

#d7be21 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d7be21 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.31% red, 74.51% green and 12.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.63% magenta, 84.65% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 51.76°, with 73.39% saturation and 48.63% 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 11.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5138

Complementary

  1. #d7be21
  2. #213ad7

Split complementary

  1. #d7be21
  2. #2195d7
  3. #6321d7

Analogous

  1. #d76321
  2. #d7be21
  3. #95d721

Triadic

  1. #d7be21
  2. #21d7be
  3. #be21d7

Tetradic

  1. #d7be21
  2. #3ad721
  3. #213ad7
  4. #be21d7

Square

  1. #d7be21
  2. #21d763
  3. #213ad7
  4. #d72195

Monochromatic

  1. #52490d
  2. #958317
  3. #d7be21
  4. #e6d45e
  5. #f0e6a1

Shades

#d7be21 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d7be21
  2. #c2ab1e
  3. #ac981a
  4. #978517
  5. #817214
  6. #6c5f11
  7. #564c0d
  8. #41390a
  9. #2b2607
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#d7be21 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d7be21
  2. #dbc537
  3. #dfcb4d
  4. #e3d264
  5. #e7d87a
  6. #ebdf90
  7. #efe5a6
  8. #f3ecbc
  9. #f7f2d3
  10. #fbf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d7be21 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d7be21
  2. #ceb82b
  3. #c6b234
  4. #bdab3e
  5. #b4a547
  6. #ac9f51
  7. #a3995a
  8. #9a9364
  9. #918c6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8be98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c22f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9afa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4bb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8c02a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e2b582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d7be21 {
  color: #d7be21;
}
Background
.bg-d7be21 {
  background-color: #d7be21;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d7be21 {
  border: 2px solid #d7be21;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d7be21;
  --color-primary-rgb: 215 190 33;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 73% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d7be21 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7be21, #95d721);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d7be21 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(215 190 33 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.60 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.81 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.69 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.80 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.54 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.45 #2841de Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d7be21  rgb(215, 190, 33)  hsl(52, 73%, 49%)  Old Gold
#213ad7  rgb(33, 58, 215)  hsl(232, 73%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#21d7be  rgb(33, 215, 190)  hsl(172, 73%, 49%)  Turquoise
#be21d7  rgb(190, 33, 215)  hsl(292, 73%, 49%)  Electric Purple