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#DBBE22

#dbbe22 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbbe22 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 74.51% green and 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.24% magenta, 84.47% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 50.59°, 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 11.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.69.

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Relative luminance0.52

Complementary

  1. #dbbe22
  2. #223fdb

Split complementary

  1. #dbbe22
  2. #229cdb
  3. #6122db

Analogous

  1. #db6122
  2. #dbbe22
  3. #9cdb22

Triadic

  1. #dbbe22
  2. #22dbbe
  3. #be22db

Tetradic

  1. #dbbe22
  2. #3fdb22
  3. #223fdb
  4. #be22db

Square

  1. #dbbe22
  2. #22db61
  3. #223fdb
  4. #db229c

Monochromatic

  1. #574b0d
  2. #998518
  3. #dbbe22
  4. #e7d263
  5. #f1e5a5

Shades

#dbbe22 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbbe22
  2. #c5ab1f
  3. #af981b
  4. #998518
  5. #837214
  6. #6e5f11
  7. #584c0e
  8. #42390a
  9. #2c2607
  10. #161303
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbbe22 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbbe22
  2. #dfc538
  3. #e2cb4e
  4. #e6d264
  5. #e9d87a
  6. #eddf91
  7. #f1e5a7
  8. #f4ecbd
  9. #f8f2d3
  10. #fbf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbbe22 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbbe22
  2. #d2b82b
  3. #c9b235
  4. #c0ab3e
  5. #b7a548
  6. #ae9f51
  7. #a4995a
  8. #9b9364
  9. #928c6d
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbf99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2b900 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac330 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edafa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6bb00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dac12b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b582 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbbe22 {
  color: #dbbe22;
}
Background
.bg-dbbe22 {
  background-color: #dbbe22;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbbe22 {
  border: 2px solid #dbbe22;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbbe22;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 190 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 73% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbbe22 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbbe22, #9cdb22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbbe22 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 190 34 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.69 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.86 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 5.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.30 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.51 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.74 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 7.00 #2441dd Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dbbe22  rgb(219, 190, 34)  hsl(51, 73%, 50%)  Old Gold
#223fdb  rgb(34, 63, 219)  hsl(231, 73%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#22dbbe  rgb(34, 219, 190)  hsl(171, 73%, 50%)  Turquoise
#be22db  rgb(190, 34, 219)  hsl(291, 73%, 50%)  Electric Purple