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#DABB23

#dabb23 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dabb23 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 73.33% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.22% magenta, 83.94% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 49.84°, with 72.33% saturation and 49.61% 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 11.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.21.

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Relative luminance0.5057

Complementary

  1. #dabb23
  2. #2342da

Split complementary

  1. #dabb23
  2. #239dda
  3. #6023da

Analogous

  1. #da6023
  2. #dabb23
  3. #9dda23

Triadic

  1. #dabb23
  2. #23dabb
  3. #bb23da

Tetradic

  1. #dabb23
  2. #42da23
  3. #2342da
  4. #bb23da

Square

  1. #dabb23
  2. #23da60
  3. #2342da
  4. #da239d

Monochromatic

  1. #564a0e
  2. #988218
  3. #dabb23
  4. #e6d063
  5. #f1e4a5

Shades

#dabb23 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dabb23
  2. #c4a820
  3. #ae961c
  4. #998319
  5. #837015
  6. #6d5e12
  7. #574b0e
  8. #41380b
  9. #2c2507
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dabb23 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dabb23
  2. #dec239
  3. #e1c94f
  4. #e5cf65
  5. #e9d67b
  6. #eddd91
  7. #f0e4a7
  8. #f4ebbd
  9. #f8f1d3
  10. #fbf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dabb23 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dabb23
  2. #d1b52c
  3. #c8af36
  4. #bfa93f
  5. #b6a348
  6. #ad9e52
  7. #a4985b
  8. #9b9264
  9. #928c6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9bc97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c130 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecaca0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b904 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8be2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5b281 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dabb23 {
  color: #dabb23;
}
Background
.bg-dabb23 {
  background-color: #dabb23;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dabb23 {
  border: 2px solid #dabb23;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dabb23;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 187 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dabb23 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dabb23, #9dda23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dabb23 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 187 35 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.21 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.42 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.03 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.14 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.33 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.99 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 7.08 #2544dc Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dabb23  rgb(218, 187, 35)  hsl(50, 72%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2342da  rgb(35, 66, 218)  hsl(230, 72%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#23dabb  rgb(35, 218, 187)  hsl(170, 72%, 50%)  Turquoise
#bb23da  rgb(187, 35, 218)  hsl(290, 72%, 50%)  Electric Purple