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#DBBC00

#dbbc00 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dbbc00 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 73.73% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.16% magenta, 100% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 51.51°, with 100% saturation and 42.94% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.37.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.5103

Complementary

  1. #dbbc00
  2. #001fdb

Split complementary

  1. #dbbc00
  2. #008cdb
  3. #4f00db

Analogous

  1. #db4f00
  2. #dbbc00
  3. #8cdb00

Triadic

  1. #dbbc00
  2. #00dbbc
  3. #bc00db

Tetradic

  1. #dbbc00
  2. #1fdb00
  3. #001fdb
  4. #bc00db

Square

  1. #dbbc00
  2. #00db4f
  3. #001fdb
  4. #db008c

Monochromatic

  1. #423900
  2. #8e7a00
  3. #dbbc00
  4. #ffe128
  5. #ffeb75

Shades

#dbbc00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbbc00
  2. #c5a900
  3. #af9600
  4. #998400
  5. #837100
  6. #6e5e00
  7. #584b00
  8. #423800
  9. #2c2600
  10. #161300
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbbc00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbbc00
  2. #dfc31a
  3. #e2c933
  4. #e6d04d
  5. #e9d766
  6. #edde80
  7. #f1e499
  8. #f4ebb3
  9. #f8f2cc
  10. #fbf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbbc00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbbc00
  2. #d2b60d
  3. #c9b01a
  4. #c0aa26
  5. #b7a433
  6. #ae9e40
  7. #a4984d
  8. #9b925a
  9. #928c66
  10. #898673
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabd96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c21e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edaca0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dabf16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b37f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbbc00 {
  color: #dbbc00;
}
Background
.bg-dbbc00 {
  background-color: #dbbc00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbbc00 {
  border: 2px solid #dbbc00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbbc00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 188 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbbc00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbbc00, #8cdb00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbbc00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 188 0 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.37 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.74 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.47 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.52 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.86 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 6.89 #2443ff Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dbbc00  rgb(219, 188, 0)  hsl(52, 100%, 43%)  Old Gold
#001fdb  rgb(0, 31, 219)  hsl(232, 100%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#00dbbc  rgb(0, 219, 188)  hsl(172, 100%, 43%)  Turquoise
#bc00db  rgb(188, 0, 219)  hsl(292, 100%, 43%)  Electric Purple