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#DCB22F

#dcb22f ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb22f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 69.8% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.09% magenta, 78.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 45.43°, with 71.19% saturation and 52.35% 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 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 1.84.

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Web safe#cc9933
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Relative luminance0.4726

Complementary

  1. #dcb22f
  2. #2f59dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb22f
  2. #2fb0dc
  3. #5b2fdc

Analogous

  1. #dc5b2f
  2. #dcb22f
  3. #b0dc2f

Triadic

  1. #dcb22f
  2. #2fdcb2
  3. #b22fdc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb22f
  2. #59dc2f
  3. #2f59dc
  4. #b22fdc

Square

  1. #dcb22f
  2. #2fdc5b
  3. #2f59dc
  4. #dc2fb0

Monochromatic

  1. #624e10
  2. #a3821b
  3. #dcb22f
  4. #e7ca70
  5. #f2e2b2

Shades

#dcb22f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb22f
  2. #c6a02a
  3. #b08e26
  4. #9a7d21
  5. #846b1c
  6. #6e5918
  7. #584713
  8. #42350e
  9. #2c2409
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb22f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb22f
  2. #e0ba44
  3. #e3c159
  4. #e7c96d
  5. #ead182
  6. #eed997
  7. #f1e0ac
  8. #f5e8c1
  9. #f8f0d5
  10. #fcf7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb22f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb22f
  2. #d3ad37
  3. #caa83f
  4. #c0a347
  5. #b79e4f
  6. #ae9958
  7. #a59460
  8. #9c8f68
  9. #928a70
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7b594 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7b011 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bc37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efa299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b120 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b834 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7a97c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb22f {
  color: #dcb22f;
}
Background
.bg-dcb22f {
  background-color: #dcb22f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb22f {
  border: 2px solid #dcb22f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb22f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 178 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb22f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb22f, #b0dc2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb22f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 178 47 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 1.84 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.02 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.33 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.40 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.16 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.55 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.88 #234dd0 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dcb22f  rgb(220, 178, 47)  hsl(45, 71%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#2f59dc  rgb(47, 89, 220)  hsl(225, 71%, 52%)  Royal Blue
#2fdcb2  rgb(47, 220, 178)  hsl(165, 71%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#b22fdc  rgb(178, 47, 220)  hsl(285, 71%, 52%)  Electric Purple