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#DCB820

#dcb820 ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dcb820 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 72.16% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.36% magenta, 85.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 48.51°, with 74.6% saturation and 49.41% 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 10.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.54.

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Relative luminance0.496

Complementary

  1. #dcb820
  2. #2044dc

Split complementary

  1. #dcb820
  2. #20a2dc
  3. #5a20dc

Analogous

  1. #dc5a20
  2. #dcb820
  3. #a2dc20

Triadic

  1. #dcb820
  2. #20dcb8
  3. #b820dc

Tetradic

  1. #dcb820
  2. #44dc20
  3. #2044dc
  4. #b820dc

Square

  1. #dcb820
  2. #20dc5a
  3. #2044dc
  4. #dc20a2

Monochromatic

  1. #56480d
  2. #998016
  3. #dcb820
  4. #e8ce61
  5. #f2e3a3

Shades

#dcb820 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dcb820
  2. #c6a61d
  3. #b0931a
  4. #9a8116
  5. #846e13
  6. #6e5c10
  7. #584a0d
  8. #42370a
  9. #2c2506
  10. #161203
  11. #000000

Tints

#dcb820 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dcb820
  2. #e0bf36
  3. #e3c64d
  4. #e7cd63
  5. #ead479
  6. #eedc90
  7. #f1e3a6
  8. #f5eabc
  9. #f8f1d2
  10. #fcf8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dcb820 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dcb820
  2. #d3b22a
  3. #caad33
  4. #c0a73d
  5. #b7a246
  6. #ae9c50
  7. #a5965a
  8. #9c9163
  9. #928b6d
  10. #898676
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9ba96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdb500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d6bf2d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #efa89d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d3b600 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d8bc28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e7af7e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dcb820 {
  color: #dcb820;
}
Background
.bg-dcb820 {
  background-color: #dcb820;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dcb820 {
  border: 2px solid #dcb820;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dcb820;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 184 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 75% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dcb820 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcb820, #a2dc20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dcb820 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 184 32 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.54 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 3.62 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 3.85 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 4.68 #f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 5.15 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 6.45 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 6.65 #2347df Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#dcb820  rgb(220, 184, 32)  hsl(49, 75%, 49%)  Metallic Gold
#2044dc  rgb(32, 68, 220)  hsl(229, 75%, 49%)  Persian Blue
#20dcb8  rgb(32, 220, 184)  hsl(169, 75%, 49%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b820dc  rgb(184, 32, 220)  hsl(289, 75%, 49%)  Electric Purple