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#DCB80A

#dcb80a ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dcb80a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.36% magenta, 95.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 49.71°, with 91.3% saturation and 45.1% 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 4.19.

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Relative luminance0.4952

Complementary

  1. #dcb80a
  2. #0a2edc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb80a
  2. #0a97dc
  3. #4f0adc

Analogous

  1. #dc4f0a
  2. #dcb80a
  3. #97dc0a

Triadic

  1. #dcb80a
  2. #0adcb8
  3. #b80adc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb80a
  2. #2edc0a
  3. #0a2edc
  4. #b80adc

Square

  1. #dcb80a
  2. #0adc4f
  3. #0a2edc
  4. #dc0a97

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3e03
  2. #937b07
  3. #dcb80a
  4. #f6d63c
  5. #f9e686

Shades

#dcb80a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb80a
  2. #c6a609
  3. #b09308
  4. #9a8107
  5. #846e06
  6. #6e5c05
  7. #584a04
  8. #423703
  9. #2c2502
  10. #161201
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb80a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb80a
  2. #e0bf23
  3. #e3c63b
  4. #e7cd54
  5. #ead46c
  6. #eedc85
  7. #f1e39d
  8. #f5eab6
  9. #f8f1ce
  10. #fcf8e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb80a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb80a
  2. #d3b216
  3. #caad22
  4. #c0a72d
  5. #b7a239
  6. #ae9c45
  7. #a59651
  8. #9c915d
  9. #928b68
  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 #d6bf21 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efa89d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d9bc1a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8af7c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb80a {
  color: #dcb80a;
}
Background
.bg-dcb80a {
  background-color: #dcb80a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb80a {
  border: 2px solid #dcb80a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb80a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 184 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 91% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb80a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb80a, #97dc0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb80a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 184 10 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.19 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 4.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 4.49 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.86 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 4.96 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.41 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.75 #2347f5 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Old Gold
#dcb80a  rgb(220, 184, 10)  hsl(50, 91%, 45%)  Old Gold
#0a2edc  rgb(10, 46, 220)  hsl(230, 91%, 45%)  Persian Blue
#0adcb8  rgb(10, 220, 184)  hsl(170, 91%, 45%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b80adc  rgb(184, 10, 220)  hsl(290, 91%, 45%)  Electric Purple