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#DCB42E

#dcb42e ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 70.59% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.18% magenta, 79.09% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 46.21°, with 71.31% saturation and 52.16% 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 10.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.02.

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Relative luminance0.4806

Complementary

  1. #dcb42e
  2. #2e56dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb42e
  2. #2eaddc
  3. #5d2edc

Analogous

  1. #dc5d2e
  2. #dcb42e
  3. #addc2e

Triadic

  1. #dcb42e
  2. #2edcb4
  3. #b42edc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb42e
  2. #56dc2e
  3. #2e56dc
  4. #b42edc

Square

  1. #dcb42e
  2. #2edc5d
  3. #2e56dc
  4. #dc2ead

Monochromatic

  1. #614e10
  2. #a2831b
  3. #dcb42e
  4. #e7cc70
  5. #f2e3b1

Shades

#dcb42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb42e
  2. #c6a229
  3. #b09025
  4. #9a7e20
  5. #846c1c
  6. #6e5a17
  7. #584812
  8. #42360e
  9. #2c2409
  10. #161205
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb42e
  2. #e0bc43
  3. #e3c358
  4. #e7cb6d
  5. #ead282
  6. #eeda97
  7. #f1e1ab
  8. #f5e9c0
  9. #f8f0d5
  10. #fcf8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb42e
  2. #d3af36
  3. #caaa3e
  4. #c0a447
  5. #b79f4f
  6. #ae9a57
  7. #a5955f
  8. #9c9067
  9. #928a70
  10. #898578
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b795 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9b20d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3bd37 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea49b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d1b31e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6b933 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7ab7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb42e {
  color: #dcb42e;
}
Background
.bg-dcb42e {
  background-color: #dcb42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb42e {
  border: 2px solid #dcb42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 180 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 71% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb42e, #addc2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 180 46 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.02 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.29 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.89 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.86 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.10 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 6.33 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.45 #234bd1 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dcb42e  rgb(220, 180, 46)  hsl(46, 71%, 52%)  Metallic Gold
#2e56dc  rgb(46, 86, 220)  hsl(226, 71%, 52%)  Sapphire
#2edcb4  rgb(46, 220, 180)  hsl(166, 71%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b42edc  rgb(180, 46, 220)  hsl(286, 71%, 52%)  Electric Purple