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#DBBF26

#dbbf26 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dbbf26 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 74.9% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.79% magenta, 82.65% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 50.72°, with 71.54% saturation and 50.39% 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 11.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 3.69.

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Relative luminance0.5246

Complementary

  1. #dbbf26
  2. #2642db

Split complementary

  1. #dbbf26
  2. #269cdb
  3. #6426db

Analogous

  1. #db6426
  2. #dbbf26
  3. #9cdb26

Triadic

  1. #dbbf26
  2. #26dbbf
  3. #bf26db

Tetradic

  1. #dbbf26
  2. #42db26
  3. #2642db
  4. #bf26db

Square

  1. #dbbf26
  2. #26db64
  3. #2642db
  4. #db269c

Monochromatic

  1. #594e0f
  2. #9b871a
  3. #dbbf26
  4. #e6d268
  5. #f1e6a9

Shades

#dbbf26 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbbf26
  2. #c5ac22
  3. #af991e
  4. #99861b
  5. #837317
  6. #6e6013
  7. #584c0f
  8. #42390b
  9. #2c2608
  10. #161304
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbbf26 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbbf26
  2. #dfc53c
  3. #e2cc51
  4. #e6d267
  5. #e9d97d
  6. #eddf93
  7. #f1e5a8
  8. #f4ecbe
  9. #f8f2d4
  10. #fbf9e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbbf26 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbbf26
  2. #d2b92f
  3. #c9b238
  4. #c0ac41
  5. #b7a64a
  6. #aea053
  7. #a4995c
  8. #9b9365
  9. #928d6e
  10. #898677
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbbf9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3ba00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dac433 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #edb0a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6bc0b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbc22e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e6b684 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbbf26 {
  color: #dbbf26;
}
Background
.bg-dbbf26 {
  background-color: #dbbf26;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbbf26 {
  border: 2px solid #dbbf26;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbbf26;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 191 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbbf26 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbbf26, #9cdb26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbbf26 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 191 38 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.69 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 4.85 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.93 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 5.48 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.64 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 5.93 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 7.02 #2440d9 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dbbf26  rgb(219, 191, 38)  hsl(51, 72%, 50%)  Old Gold
#2642db  rgb(38, 66, 219)  hsl(231, 72%, 50%)  Persian Blue
#26dbbf  rgb(38, 219, 191)  hsl(171, 72%, 50%)  Turquoise
#bf26db  rgb(191, 38, 219)  hsl(291, 72%, 50%)  Electric Purple