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#D8BD2E

#d8bd2e ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#d8bd2e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 74.12% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.5% magenta, 78.7% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 50.47°, with 68.55% saturation and 51.37% 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 11.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.81.

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Relative luminance0.5119

Complementary

  1. #d8bd2e
  2. #2e49d8

Split complementary

  1. #d8bd2e
  2. #2e9ed8
  3. #682ed8

Analogous

  1. #d8682e
  2. #d8bd2e
  3. #9ed82e

Triadic

  1. #d8bd2e
  2. #2ed8bd
  3. #bd2ed8

Tetradic

  1. #d8bd2e
  2. #49d82e
  3. #2e49d8
  4. #bd2ed8

Square

  1. #d8bd2e
  2. #2ed868
  3. #2e49d8
  4. #d82e9e

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5011
  2. #9c881d
  3. #d8bd2e
  4. #e4d16e
  5. #f0e6af

Shades

#d8bd2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8bd2e
  2. #c2aa29
  3. #ad9725
  4. #978420
  5. #82711c
  6. #6c5f17
  7. #564c12
  8. #41390e
  9. #2b2609
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8bd2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8bd2e
  2. #dcc443
  3. #e0ca58
  4. #e4d16d
  5. #e8d782
  6. #ecde97
  7. #efe5ab
  8. #f3ebc0
  9. #f7f2d5
  10. #fbf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8bd2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8bd2e
  2. #cfb736
  3. #c6b13e
  4. #beab47
  5. #b5a54f
  6. #ac9f57
  7. #a3985f
  8. #9a9267
  9. #928c70
  10. #898678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9bd99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b805 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c138 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9aea2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4ba1c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8c035 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e3b484 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8bd2e {
  color: #d8bd2e;
}
Background
.bg-d8bd2e {
  background-color: #d8bd2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8bd2e {
  border: 2px solid #d8bd2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8bd2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 189 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 69% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8bd2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8bd2e, #9ed82e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8bd2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 189 46 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.81 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.91 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.53 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.67 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.77 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 6.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.75 #2742d1 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Old Gold
#d8bd2e  rgb(216, 189, 46)  hsl(50, 69%, 51%)  Old Gold
#2e49d8  rgb(46, 73, 216)  hsl(230, 69%, 51%)  Iris
#2ed8bd  rgb(46, 216, 189)  hsl(170, 69%, 51%)  Turquoise
#bd2ed8  rgb(189, 46, 216)  hsl(290, 69%, 51%)  Electric Purple