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#DCB803

#dcb803 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcb803 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 72.16% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.36% magenta, 98.64% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 50.05°, with 97.31% saturation and 43.73% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 4.31.

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Relative luminance0.495

Complementary

  1. #dcb803
  2. #0327dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb803
  2. #0394dc
  3. #4c03dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4c03
  2. #dcb803
  3. #94dc03

Triadic

  1. #dcb803
  2. #03dcb8
  3. #b803dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb803
  2. #27dc03
  3. #0327dc
  4. #b803dc

Square

  1. #dcb803
  2. #03dc4c
  3. #0327dc
  4. #dc0394

Monochromatic

  1. #453a01
  2. #917902
  3. #dcb803
  4. #fcda2f
  5. #fde87b

Shades

#dcb803 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb803
  2. #c6a603
  3. #b09302
  4. #9a8102
  5. #846e02
  6. #6e5c02
  7. #584a01
  8. #423701
  9. #2c2501
  10. #161200
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb803 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb803
  2. #e0bf1c
  3. #e3c635
  4. #e7cd4f
  5. #ead468
  6. #eedc81
  7. #f1e39a
  8. #f5eab3
  9. #f8f1cd
  10. #fcf8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb803 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb803
  2. #d3b210
  3. #caad1c
  4. #c0a729
  5. #b7a235
  6. #ae9c42
  7. #a5964e
  8. #9c915b
  9. #928b67
  10. #898674
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9ba94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6bf1e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efa89d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9bc16 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8ae7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb803 {
  color: #dcb803;
}
Background
.bg-dcb803 {
  background-color: #dcb803;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb803 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb803;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb803;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 184 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 97% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb803 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb803, #94dc03);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb803 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 184 3 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.31 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.36 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.62 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.92 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.94 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.42 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.78 #2347fc Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcb803  rgb(220, 184, 3)  hsl(50, 97%, 44%)  Old Gold
#0327dc  rgb(3, 39, 220)  hsl(230, 97%, 44%)  Blue
#03dcb8  rgb(3, 220, 184)  hsl(170, 97%, 44%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b803dc  rgb(184, 3, 220)  hsl(290, 97%, 44%)  Electric Purple