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#DABE24

#dabe24 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dabe24 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 74.51% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.84% magenta, 83.49% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 50.77°, with 71.65% saturation and 49.8% 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 11.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.55.

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Relative luminance0.5186

Complementary

  1. #dabe24
  2. #2440da

Split complementary

  1. #dabe24
  2. #249bda
  3. #6324da

Analogous

  1. #da6324
  2. #dabe24
  3. #9bda24

Triadic

  1. #dabe24
  2. #24dabe
  3. #be24da

Tetradic

  1. #dabe24
  2. #40da24
  3. #2440da
  4. #be24da

Square

  1. #dabe24
  2. #24da63
  3. #2440da
  4. #da249b

Monochromatic

  1. #574c0e
  2. #988519
  3. #dabe24
  4. #e6d265
  5. #f0e5a7

Shades

#dabe24 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dabe24
  2. #c4ab20
  3. #ae981d
  4. #998519
  5. #837216
  6. #6d5f12
  7. #574c0e
  8. #41390b
  9. #2c2607
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dabe24 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dabe24
  2. #dec53a
  3. #e1cb50
  4. #e5d266
  5. #e9d87c
  6. #eddf92
  7. #f0e5a7
  8. #f4ecbd
  9. #f8f2d3
  10. #fbf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dabe24 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dabe24
  2. #d1b82d
  3. #c8b236
  4. #bfab40
  5. #b6a549
  6. #ad9f52
  7. #a4995b
  8. #9b9364
  9. #928c6e
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabe99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c331 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ecafa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5bb06 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dac12c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e5b583 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dabe24 {
  color: #dabe24;
}
Background
.bg-dabe24 {
  background-color: #dabe24;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dabe24 {
  border: 2px solid #dabe24;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dabe24;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 190 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dabe24 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dabe24, #9bda24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dabe24 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 190 36 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.55 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.04 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.09 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.33 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.75 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.90 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 7.20 #2541db Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dabe24  rgb(218, 190, 36)  hsl(51, 72%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2440da  rgb(36, 64, 218)  hsl(231, 72%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#24dabe  rgb(36, 218, 190)  hsl(171, 72%, 50%)  Turquoise
#be24da  rgb(190, 36, 218)  hsl(291, 72%, 50%)  Electric Purple