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#DBBA2F

#dbba2f ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbba2f 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 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.07% magenta, 78.54% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 48.49°, with 70.49% saturation and 52.16% 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 11.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 2.82.

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Relative luminance0.5038

Complementary

  1. #dbba2f
  2. #2f50db

Split complementary

  1. #dbba2f
  2. #2fa6db
  3. #642fdb

Analogous

  1. #db642f
  2. #dbba2f
  3. #a6db2f

Triadic

  1. #dbba2f
  2. #2fdbba
  3. #ba2fdb

Tetradic

  1. #dbba2f
  2. #50db2f
  3. #2f50db
  4. #ba2fdb

Square

  1. #dbba2f
  2. #2fdb64
  3. #2f50db
  4. #db2fa6

Monochromatic

  1. #605111
  2. #a2881c
  3. #dbba2f
  4. #e6d070
  5. #f2e5b1

Shades

#dbba2f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbba2f
  2. #c5a72a
  3. #af9526
  4. #998221
  5. #83701c
  6. #6e5d18
  7. #584a13
  8. #42380e
  9. #2c2509
  10. #161305
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbba2f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbba2f
  2. #dfc144
  3. #e2c859
  4. #e6cf6d
  5. #e9d682
  6. #eddd97
  7. #f1e3ac
  8. #f4eac1
  9. #f8f1d5
  10. #fbf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbba2f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbba2f
  2. #d2b437
  3. #c9ae3f
  4. #c0a947
  5. #b7a34f
  6. #ae9d58
  7. #a49760
  8. #9b9168
  9. #928c70
  10. #898678
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9bb98 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ceb60c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d7c039 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edaba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b81f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8be35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b182 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbba2f {
  color: #dbba2f;
}
Background
.bg-dbba2f {
  background-color: #dbba2f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbba2f {
  border: 2px solid #dbba2f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbba2f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 186 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbba2f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbba2f, #a6db2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbba2f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 186 47 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 2.82 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.53 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.06 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.94 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.35 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.80 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.84 #2445d0 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dbba2f  rgb(219, 186, 47)  hsl(48, 70%, 52%)  Old Gold
#2f50db  rgb(47, 80, 219)  hsl(228, 70%, 52%)  Iris
#2fdbba  rgb(47, 219, 186)  hsl(168, 70%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ba2fdb  rgb(186, 47, 219)  hsl(288, 70%, 52%)  Electric Purple