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#DCB448

#dcb448 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb448 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 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.18% magenta, 67.27% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 43.78°, with 67.89% saturation and 57.25% 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 10.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 2.31.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4833

Complementary

  1. #dcb448
  2. #4870dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb448
  2. #48badc
  3. #6a48dc

Analogous

  1. #dc6a48
  2. #dcb448
  3. #badc48

Triadic

  1. #dcb448
  2. #48dcb4
  3. #b448dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb448
  2. #70dc48
  3. #4870dc
  4. #b448dc

Square

  1. #dcb448
  2. #48dc6a
  3. #4870dc
  4. #dc48ba

Monochromatic

  1. #755b16
  2. #b58d23
  3. #dcb448
  4. #e8ce88
  5. #f5e9c8

Shades

#dcb448 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb448
  2. #c6a241
  3. #b0903a
  4. #9a7e32
  5. #846c2b
  6. #6e5a24
  7. #58481d
  8. #423616
  9. #2c240e
  10. #161207
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb448 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb448
  2. #e0bc5a
  3. #e3c36d
  4. #e7cb7f
  5. #ead291
  6. #eedaa4
  7. #f1e1b6
  8. #f5e9c8
  9. #f8f0da
  10. #fcf8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb448 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb448
  2. #d3af4e
  3. #caaa53
  4. #c0a459
  5. #b79f5e
  6. #ae9a64
  7. #a5956a
  8. #9c906f
  9. #928a75
  10. #89857a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b798 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8b23b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1bd4d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eea59d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d0b340 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6ba4b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7ab84 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb448 {
  color: #dcb448;
}
Background
.bg-dcb448 {
  background-color: #dcb448;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb448 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb448;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb448;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 180 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 44 68% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb448 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb448, #badc48);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb448 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 180 72 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 2.31 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 2.33 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.52 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 5.10 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 5.89 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.56 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 7.65 #234bb7 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dcb448  rgb(220, 180, 72)  hsl(44, 68%, 57%)  Metallic Gold
#4870dc  rgb(72, 112, 220)  hsl(224, 68%, 57%)  Royal Blue
#48dcb4  rgb(72, 220, 180)  hsl(164, 68%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b448dc  rgb(180, 72, 220)  hsl(284, 68%, 57%)  Medium Orchid