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#DBBA23

#dbba23 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbba23 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 72.94% green and 13.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.07% magenta, 84.02% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 49.24°, with 72.44% 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 11.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.29.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.503

Complementary

  1. #dbba23
  2. #2344db

Split complementary

  1. #dbba23
  2. #23a0db
  3. #5e23db

Analogous

  1. #db5e23
  2. #dbba23
  3. #a0db23

Triadic

  1. #dbba23
  2. #23dbba
  3. #ba23db

Tetradic

  1. #dbba23
  2. #44db23
  3. #2344db
  4. #ba23db

Square

  1. #dbba23
  2. #23db5e
  3. #2344db
  4. #db23a0

Monochromatic

  1. #574a0e
  2. #998218
  3. #dbba23
  4. #e6cf64
  5. #f1e3a6

Shades

#dbba23 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbba23
  2. #c5a720
  3. #af951c
  4. #998219
  5. #837015
  6. #6e5d12
  7. #584a0e
  8. #42380b
  9. #2c2507
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbba23 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbba23
  2. #dfc139
  3. #e2c84f
  4. #e6cf65
  5. #e9d67b
  6. #eddd91
  7. #f1e3a7
  8. #f4eabd
  9. #f8f1d3
  10. #fbf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbba23 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbba23
  2. #d2b42c
  3. #c9ae36
  4. #c0a93f
  5. #b7a348
  6. #ae9d52
  7. #a4975b
  8. #9b9164
  9. #928c6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9bb97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfb600 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c030 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edaa9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b805 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9be2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b180 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbba23 {
  color: #dbba23;
}
Background
.bg-dbba23 {
  background-color: #dbba23;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbba23 {
  border: 2px solid #dbba23;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbba23;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 186 35;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbba23 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbba23, #a0db23);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbba23 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 186 35 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.29 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.03 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.51 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.99 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.06 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.43 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.83 #2445dc Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dbba23  rgb(219, 186, 35)  hsl(49, 72%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2344db  rgb(35, 68, 219)  hsl(229, 72%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#23dbba  rgb(35, 219, 186)  hsl(169, 72%, 50%)  Turquoise
#ba23db  rgb(186, 35, 219)  hsl(289, 72%, 50%)  Electric Purple