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#DBBC18

#dbbc18 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dbbc18 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 9.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.16% magenta, 89.04% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 50.46°, with 80.25% saturation and 47.65% 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 11.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.5109

Complementary

  1. #dbbc18
  2. #1837db

Split complementary

  1. #dbbc18
  2. #1899db
  3. #5a18db

Analogous

  1. #db5a18
  2. #dbbc18
  3. #99db18

Triadic

  1. #dbbc18
  2. #18dbbc
  3. #bc18db

Tetradic

  1. #dbbc18
  2. #37db18
  3. #1837db
  4. #bc18db

Square

  1. #dbbc18
  2. #18db5a
  3. #1837db
  4. #db1899

Monochromatic

  1. #514609
  2. #968110
  3. #dbbc18
  4. #ecd453
  5. #f4e598

Shades

#dbbc18 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbbc18
  2. #c5a916
  3. #af9613
  4. #998411
  5. #83710e
  6. #6e5e0c
  7. #584b0a
  8. #423807
  9. #2c2605
  10. #161302
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbbc18 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbbc18
  2. #dfc32f
  3. #e2c946
  4. #e6d05d
  5. #e9d774
  6. #edde8c
  7. #f1e4a3
  8. #f4ebba
  9. #f8f2d1
  10. #fbf8e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbbc18 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbbc18
  2. #d2b622
  3. #c9b02d
  4. #c0aa37
  5. #b7a442
  6. #ae9e4c
  7. #a49856
  8. #9b9261
  9. #928c6b
  10. #898676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cabd97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1b800 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d9c229 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edaca0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5b900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dabf23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b380 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbbc18 {
  color: #dbbc18;
}
Background
.bg-dbbc18 {
  background-color: #dbbc18;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbbc18 {
  border: 2px solid #dbbc18;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbbc18;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 188 24;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 80% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbbc18 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbbc18, #99db18);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbbc18 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 188 24 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.81 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.99 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.43 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.56 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.97 #2443e7 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dbbc18  rgb(219, 188, 24)  hsl(50, 80%, 48%)  Old Gold
#1837db  rgb(24, 55, 219)  hsl(230, 80%, 48%)  Persian Blue
#18dbbc  rgb(24, 219, 188)  hsl(170, 80%, 48%)  Turquoise
#bc18db  rgb(188, 24, 219)  hsl(290, 80%, 48%)  Electric Purple