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#DBBB22

#dbbb22 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbbb22 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 73.33% green and 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.61% magenta, 84.47% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 49.62°, with 73.12% 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 11.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.37.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.5072

Complementary

  1. #dbbb22
  2. #2242db

Split complementary

  1. #dbbb22
  2. #229fdb
  3. #5f22db

Analogous

  1. #db5f22
  2. #dbbb22
  3. #9fdb22

Triadic

  1. #dbbb22
  2. #22dbbb
  3. #bb22db

Tetradic

  1. #dbbb22
  2. #42db22
  3. #2242db
  4. #bb22db

Square

  1. #dbbb22
  2. #22db5f
  3. #2242db
  4. #db229f

Monochromatic

  1. #574a0d
  2. #998218
  3. #dbbb22
  4. #e7d063
  5. #f1e4a5

Shades

#dbbb22 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbbb22
  2. #c5a81f
  3. #af961b
  4. #998318
  5. #837014
  6. #6e5e11
  7. #584b0e
  8. #42380a
  9. #2c2507
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbbb22 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbbb22
  2. #dfc238
  3. #e2c94e
  4. #e6cf64
  5. #e9d67a
  6. #eddd91
  7. #f1e4a7
  8. #f4ebbd
  9. #f8f1d3
  10. #fbf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbbb22 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbbb22
  2. #d2b52b
  3. #c9af35
  4. #c0a93e
  5. #b7a348
  6. #ae9e51
  7. #a4985a
  8. #9b9264
  9. #928c6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabc97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0b700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d8c12f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edaba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4b902 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9bf2a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b280 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbbb22 {
  color: #dbbb22;
}
Background
.bg-dbbb22 {
  background-color: #dbbb22;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbbb22 {
  border: 2px solid #dbbb22;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbbb22;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 187 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 73% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbbb22 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbbb22, #9fdb22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbbb22 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 187 34 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.37 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.84 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.96 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.09 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 6.07 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.87 #2444dd Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dbbb22  rgb(219, 187, 34)  hsl(50, 73%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2242db  rgb(34, 66, 219)  hsl(230, 73%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#22dbbb  rgb(34, 219, 187)  hsl(170, 73%, 50%)  Turquoise
#bb22db  rgb(187, 34, 219)  hsl(290, 73%, 50%)  Electric Purple